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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2021

Triglyceride lowering by omega-3 fatty acids: a mechanism mediated by N-acyl taurines.

Karin E Bornfeldt

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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23citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Karin E Bornfeldt
University of Washington · US

Funding

Role of Serum Amyloid A in Diabetic Vascular DiseaseP01HL092969 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BORNFELDT, KARIN E. · 2008 to 2019
$23.5M
Triglycerides, Diabetes and Cardiovascular DiseaseP01HL151328 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Karin E Bornfeldt · 2020 to 2026
$19.6M
Identifying new strategies for prevention of cardiovascular complications of diabetesR35HL150754 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BORNFELDT, KARIN E · 2020 to 2025
$6.2M
Structural basis for cardioprotective HDLR01HL149685 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BORNFELDT, KARIN E., HEINECKE, JAY W · 2020 to 2023
$2.8M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL092969NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL151328NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL149685NHLBI NIH HHS R35 HL150754
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interest in omega-3 fatty acids (colloquially known as fish oils) to lower residual cardiovascular risk in statin-treated patients has increased markedly in the wake of recent cardiovascular outcome trials. The triglyceride-lowering effects of omega-3 fatty acids are generally thought to occur by reduced hepatic VLDL production. In this issue of the JCI, Grevengoed et al. used mouse models and human plasma samples to reveal an additional mechanism whereby these polyunsaturated fatty acids can lower plasma triglycerides. Their findings indicate that omega-3 fatty acid-derived N-acyl taurines (NATs) greatly accumulate in bile and also in plasma following omega-3 supplementation. The authors further show that one of these NATs (C22:6 NAT) inhibited intestinal triglyceride hydrolysis and lipid absorption, which resulted in lower plasma triglycerides and protection against hepatic triacylglycerol accumulation in mice fed a high-fat diet. The findings open a potential avenue for triglyceride lowering by omega-3 fatty acids conjugated to taurine.

Indexed as

Fatty Acids, Omega-3AnimalsFatty Acids, UnsaturatedFish OilsHumansMiceTaurineTriglyceridesFatty Acids, Omega-3Fatty Acids, UnsaturatedFish OilsTaurineTriglycerides

Identifiers

PMID33720044
PMCPMC7954591
OpenAlexW3139122744

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