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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2022

β-sitosterol inhibits trimethylamine production by regulating the gut microbiota and attenuates atherosclerosis in ApoE

Weiping Wu, Wugao Liu, Huafu Wang, Wei Wang, Weihua Chu, Jing Jin

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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15citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Weiping WuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, People's Hospital of Lishui, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui, Zhejiang, China.
Wugao LiuDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, People's Hospital of Lishui, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui, Zhejiang, China.
Huafu WangDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, People's Hospital of Lishui, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui, Zhejiang, China.
Wei WangDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, People's Hospital of Lishui, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui, Zhejiang, China.
Weihua ChuDepartment of Microbiology, School of Life Sciences and Technology, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.
Jing JinDepartment of Clinical Laboratory, People's Hospital of Lishui, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Lishui, Zhejiang, China.
Lishui City People's Hospital · CNChina Pharmaceutical University · CNWenzhou Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The intestinal microbial metabolite trimethylamine (TMA), which is activated by flavin monooxygenase (FMO) to produce trimethylamine-

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atherosclerosisgut microbiotaTMATMAOβ-sitosterol

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PMID36386330
PMCPMC9663806
OpenAlexW4308006825

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