Nitrate-responsive oral microbiome modulates nitric oxide homeostasis and blood pressure in humans

Free Radical Biology and Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue , 2018, Pages 21-30

  Vanhatalo, Anni ^a   Blackwell, Jamie R ^a   L'Heureux, Joanna E ^a   Williams, David W ^b   Smith, Ann ^b   van der Giezen, Mark ^a   Winyard, Paul G ^c   Kelly, James ^a   Jones, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

16S rRNA sequencing; Ageing; Cardiovascular health; Host microbe symbiosis; Nitrite; Oral nitrate reduction; Prebiotic

Indexed keywords

NITRATE; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITE; PLACEBO; RNA 16S; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

16S RRNA GENE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTEROIDETES; BEETROOT JUICE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOUTH FLORA; NEISSERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTHIA; VEILLONELLA; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; BACTERIUM; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALIVA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; NITRATES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRITES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SALIVA; VASCULAR STIFFNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85048501239     PISSN: 08915849     EISSN: 18734596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.05.078     Document Type: Article

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