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ReviewCardiovascular toxicology2021

Trimethylamine/Trimethylamine-N-Oxide as a Key Between Diet and Cardiovascular Diseases.

Siyu He, Hong Jiang, Caili Zhuo, Wei Jiang

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Review in Cardiovascular toxicology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 44 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Siyu HeWest China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4240-6303
Hong JiangWest China School of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, People's Republic of China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2746-4481
Caili ZhuoThe Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases, Molecular Medicine Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, People's Republic of China.
Wei JiangThe Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases, Molecular Medicine Research Center, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. wcsmjw@163.com.
Sichuan University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 31271226National Natural Science Foundation of China 81670249National Natural Science Foundation of China 81870221National Natural Science Foundation of China 82070299
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Trimethylamine (TMA) is a gut microbiota-derived metabolite which comes from diets rich of choline, betaine or L-carnitine and could be further converted to Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) in the liver. As the function of gut microbiota and its metabolites being explored so far, studies suggest that TMAO may be a potential risk factor of cardiovascular diseases independent of other traditional risk factors. However, the precise role of TMAO is controversial as some converse results were discovered. In recent studies, it is hypothesized that TMA may also participate in the progression of cardiovascular diseases and some cytotoxic effect of TMA has been discovered. Thus, exploring the relationship between TMA, TMAO and CVD may bring a novel insight into the diagnosis and therapy of cardiovascular diseases. In this review, we discussed the factors which influence the TMA/TMAO's process of metabolism in the human body. We have also summarized the pathogenic effect of TMA/TMAO in cardiovascular diseases, as well as the limitation of some controversial discoveries.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeAnimalsBacteriaCardiovascular DiseasesDietHeart Disease Risk FactorsHumansMethylaminesRisk AssessmentMethylaminestrimethylaminetrimethyloxamineAtherosclerosisCardiovascular diseasesHeart failureHypertensionTrimethylamineTrimethylamine-N-oxide

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PMID34003426
OpenAlexW3160040649

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