ArticleHeart (British Cardiac Society)2020
Ergothioneine is associated with reduced mortality and decreased risk of cardiovascular disease.
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91 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 157 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Prospective study of dietary mushroom intake and risk of mortality: results from continuous National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2003-2014 and a meta-analysis.Nutrition journal · 2021Pooled it
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- Antioxidants in Oxidative Stress and Obesity-Associated Diseases: Molecular Mechanisms and Potential Health Implications.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Ergothioneine: Biosynthesis, Molecular Mechanisms, Physiological Function, and Role in Disease.MedComm · 2026Review
- Plasma as Proxy for Tissue Metabolism When Extending Lifespan in Mice.Metabolites · 2026Article
- Multi-Tissue Metabolomic Signatures of Five Longevity Interventions Converge on Ergothioneine and Lipid Remodeling in Male UM-HET3 Mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
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- Transforming Toxicity into Therapy: Exploring Bilirubin's Benefits and Its Molecular Role in Cardiac Health and Disease.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Potential Protection Against Parkinson's Disease by Ergothioneine-Nature's Multifactorial Neuroprotectant.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Ergothioneine as a potential protective agent against macular degeneration and other eye disorders.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Ergothioneine prevents ovariectomy-induced osteoporosis by suppressing NF-κB/p65 signalling to attenuate osteoclastogenesis and bone marrow inflammation.Bone & joint research · 2026Article
- Microbiome-derived cancer: the catabolism of bilirubin to urobilin in the liver-gut axis and its consequences.Gastroenterology report · 2026Review
- Metabolomic Insights Into the Impact of a Maternal Western-Style Diet and Leptin Supplementation During Suckling on Adult Rat Offspring.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026Article
- Could ergothioneine serve as an indicator of functional plant-AMF interactions in crop plants?Frontiers in plant science · 2026Article
- The 2R, 3R isomer of 2, 3-butanediol prevents weight gain and decreases plasma glucose concentration of mice fed a fat-enriched diet.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Nutritional redox reprogramming in cardiometabolic diseases: alpha-lipoic acid, urolithin A, and ergothioneine as modulators of the ferroptosis-mitophagy axis and mitochondrial metabolic remodeling.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Selenoneine, a food chain component with potential neuroprotective effects against electrophilic mercury forms.Advances in neurotoxicology · 2026Article
- Clinically recommended strategies for nutritional metabolic intervention in cardiac surgery: a narrative review of oral support agents and modulators on postoperative outcomes and mechanisms.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
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Abstract
objectivesWe recently identified a health conscious food pattern (HCFP) associated with reduced risk of cardiometabolic disease. However, the molecular events linking the healthy food pattern to reduced risk of cardiometabolic disease are unknown. Our aim was to identify plasma metabolites associated with the HCFP and test if such metabolites predict cardiometabolic disease and mortality.
methodsUsing liquid-chromatography mass-spectrometry, 112 plasma metabolites were measured in 3236 participants without cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes mellitus from the population-based Malmö Diet and Cancer study. Metabolites associated with the HCFP were identified using multivariable adjusted linear regressions followed by Bonferroni correction. The healthy dietary biomarkers were subsequently related to risk of cardiometabolic disease and mortality during long-term follow-up with multivariable adjusted Cox proportional hazards models.
resultsDuring a median follow-up time of 21.4 years, 603 participants developed CVD, 362 developed diabetes mellitus and 843 participants died. Five healthy dietary biomarkers were associated with the HCFP at baseline (p<0.0004) and four predicted at least one of the studied end points (p<0.05). Ergothioneine was the metabolite most strongly connected to the HCFP and was associated with a lower risk of coronary disease (HR per 1 SD increment of ergothioneine, HR=0.85, p=0.01), cardiovascular mortality (HR=0.79, p=0.002) and overall mortality (HR=0.86, p=4e-5).
conclusionsWe identified that higher ergothioneine was an independent marker of lower risk of cardiometabolic disease and mortality, which potentially can be induced by a specific healthy dietary intake.
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