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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology2020

Small molecule inhibition of gut microbial choline trimethylamine lyase activity alters host cholesterol and bile acid metabolism.

Preeti Pathak, Robert N Helsley, Amanda L Brown, Jennifer A Buffa, Ibrahim Choucair, Ina Nemet, Camelia Baleanu Gogonea, Valentin Gogonea, Zeneng Wang, Jose Carlos Garcia-Garcia and 5 more

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Article in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

56 citing papers in PubMed, 80 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Preeti PathakDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Robert N HelsleyDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.ORCID 0000-0001-5000-3187
Amanda L BrownDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Jennifer A BuffaDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Ibrahim ChoucairDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Ina NemetDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Camelia Baleanu GogoneaDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Valentin GogoneaDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Zeneng WangDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Jose Carlos Garcia-GarciaLife Sciences Transformative Platform Technologies, Procter and Gamble, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Lei CaiDepartment of Physiology and Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.ORCID 0000-0001-8535-530X
Ryan TemelDepartment of Physiology and Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Naseer SangwanDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Stanley L HazenDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
J Mark BrownDepartment of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Sciences, Lerner Research Institute Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine · USUniversity of Kentucky · USCleveland Clinic · USProcter & Gamble (United States) · US

Funding

Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of ClevelandUL1TR000439 · NCATS · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI KONSTAN, MICHAEL W. · 2012 to 2016
$50.0M
Targeting 15-PGDH in Colon Cancer Prognosis, Prediction, Treatment and PreventionP50CA150964 · NCI · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI MARKOWITZ, SANFORD D. · 2011 to 2022
$24.6M
Project Two - Exercise Training Decreases Alcohol Drinking by an FGF21-Dependent MechanismP50AA024333 · NIAAA · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI Thomas M McIntyre · 2016 to 2026
$19.6M
Project 3: Microbiota generated aryl sulfates and secondary bile acids in cardiometabolic diseaseP01HL147823 · NHLBI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI MICHAEL ANDREW FISCHBACH · 2019 to 2026
$17.0M
Gut Flora Metabolism of Dietary Phosphatidylcholine and CVDR01HL103866 · NHLBI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI HAZEN, STANLEY L · 2010 to 2023
$10.8M
Enzymatic Control of Trimethylamineoxide (TMAO)Induced AtherosclerosisR01HL122283 · NHLBI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI BROWN, JONATHAN MARK · 2014 to 2018
$2.0M
Microbial Trimethylamine Lyases and AtherosclerosisR01HL130819 · NHLBI · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI WANG, ZENENG · 2016 to 2019
$1.7M
The Role of Bacterial Choline Metabolism in Host Stress ResponsesR01DK120679 · NIDDK · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI BROWN, JONATHAN MARK · 2019 to 2022
$1.6M
AB/SCIEX QTrap 6500 Mass Spectrometer Metabolic profiling systemS10OD016346 · OD · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI DIDONATO, JOSEPH · 2014 to 2014
$600k
American Heart Association (AHA) 17POST3285000HHS | NIH | National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) 4UL1TR000439NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000439NCI NIH HHS P50 CA150964NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL147823NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL103866NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL122283NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL130819NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA024333NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK120679
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbe-derived metabolite trimethylamine-

Indexed as

AnimalsBile Acids and SaltsCholesterolCholineGastrointestinal MicrobiomeIntestinal MucosaLipid MetabolismLiverMaleMiceBile Acids and SaltsCholesterolCholinebile acidcardiovascular diseasecholesterolmetabolismmicrobiomeTMA

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PMID32330092
PMCPMC7311702
OpenAlexW3019362303

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