ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2011
Human oral, gut, and plaque microbiota in patients with atherosclerosis.
Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06935279 (Bacteria in Atherosclerotic Plaques and Adverse Events), which is not on this map. Cited by 654 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Bacteria in Atherosclerotic Plaques and Adverse Events
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654 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,210 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Gut microbiota regulate atherosclerosis via the gut-vascular axis: a scoping review of mechanisms and therapeutic interventions.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Pooled it
- Impacts of intestinal microbiota metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide on cardiovascular disease: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in microbiology · 2024Pooled it
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- Airway Microbiome Is Associated with Atherosclerosis in Adults from Southern Caribbean.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Progressive Shifts in Oral Plaque Microbiota From Health to Coronary Artery Disease and Acute Myocardial Infarction.Cardiology research · 2026Article
- Dual-Omics Profiling of Carotid Plaques Reveals Stage-Dependent Host-Microbiome Interaction Dynamics from Formation to Rupture.Biomedicines · 2026Article
- Phenylacetic Acid, a Gut Microbially Produced Metabolite, Reduces Atherosclerosis Burden and Impacts Host Lipid Homeostasis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Article
- Oral microbiota mediates the association of healthy dietary patterns with lower risk of advanced cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome.Nutrition & diabetes · 2026Article
- Advancements in the study of gut microbiome in disease diagnosis.Antonie van Leeuwenhoek · 2026Review
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- Gut commensal Odoribacter splanchnicus attenuates hyperlipidemic periodontitis via gut-oral metabolic transmission of β-GPA.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2026Article
- The Pathophysiological Interrelationship Between Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease and Cardiovascular Disease.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Association between the oral microbiota and hyperlipidemia: evidence from a national cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2026Article
- Gut Microbiota: Cardiovascular Disease Prevention and Targeted Therapies.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Potential Association Between Apical Periodontitis and Cardiovascular Disease: A Narrative Review of Evidence and Clinical Implications.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2026Review
- New Advances in the Mechanisms and Therapeutic Strategies of Gut Microbiota in Regulating Glycolipid Metabolism to Combat Atherosclerosis.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2026Review
- Live tissue microbiota and bacterial translocation: mechanisms and translational perspectives in cardiometabolic diseases.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2026Review
- Periodontitis and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: emphasizing the clinical interplay between hepatologists and dentists.Odontology · 2026Review
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Abstract
Periodontal disease has been associated with atherosclerosis, suggesting that bacteria from the oral cavity may contribute to the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. Furthermore, the gut microbiota may affect obesity, which is associated with atherosclerosis. Using qPCR, we show that bacterial DNA was present in the atherosclerotic plaque and that the amount of DNA correlated with the amount of leukocytes in the atherosclerotic plaque. To investigate the microbial composition of atherosclerotic plaques and test the hypothesis that the oral or gut microbiota may contribute to atherosclerosis in humans, we used 454 pyrosequencing of 16S rRNA genes to survey the bacterial diversity of atherosclerotic plaque, oral, and gut samples of 15 patients with atherosclerosis, and oral and gut samples of healthy controls. We identified Chryseomonas in all atherosclerotic plaque samples, and Veillonella and Streptococcus in the majority. Interestingly, the combined abundances of Veillonella and Streptococcus in atherosclerotic plaques correlated with their abundance in the oral cavity. Moreover, several additional bacterial phylotypes were common to the atherosclerotic plaque and oral or gut samples within the same individual. Interestingly, several bacterial taxa in the oral cavity and the gut correlated with plasma cholesterol levels. Taken together, our findings suggest that bacteria from the oral cavity, and perhaps even the gut, may correlate with disease markers of atherosclerosis.
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