Trial reportCirculation. Heart failure2023
Gut Microbiota-Generated Phenylacetylglutamine and Heart Failure.
Trial report in Circulation. Heart failure, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00590200 (Molecular Determinants of Coronary Artery Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 104 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Molecular Determinants of Coronary Artery Disease
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104 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 139 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mechanistic pathways linking gut microbial metabolites, microbial structural products, and host-microbe co-metabolites to mitochondrial function.Gut microbes · 2026Pooled it
- Association of maternal gut microbial metabolites with gestational diabetes mellitus: evidence from an original case-control study, meta-analysis, and Mendelian randomization.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Pooled it
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- Comparative insights into the gut-heart axis: cross-species and cross-population perspectives.Gut microbes · 2026Review
- Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome through the lens of gut‑derived uremic toxins.Gut microbes · 2026Review
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- The Gut-Heart-Kidney Axis in Heart Failure: Trimethylamine N-Oxide and Beyond-A State-of-the-Art Review.Biomedicines · 2026Review
- Fecal metabolomic profiles by LDL-C target achievement status in statin-treated patients: a cross-sectional study.Journal of lipid research · 2026Article
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- Phenylacetic Acid, a Gut Microbially Produced Metabolite, Reduces Atherosclerosis Burden and Impacts Host Lipid Homeostasis.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Article
- Dysbiosis of oral bacteriome and mycobiome associated with the severity of heart failure.BMC oral health · 2026Article
- Butyrate and Butyrate-Producing Bacteria in Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Effect of the gut microbiota metabolite phenylacetylglycine on cardiac CaBiophysical reports · 2026Article
- Oral Microbiota and Cardiovascular Diseases: A Study Integrating Genome-Wide Association and 16S rRNA Sequence Analyses.International dental journal · 2026Article
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- The Heart-Gut Axis in Heart Failure: The Role of Next-Generation Pharmacological Therapies.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- A gut microbiome-kidney-heart axis predictive of future cardiovascular diseases.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Microbial Metabolite 4EPS Inhibits AT1R to Reduce Blood Pressure and Aortic Aneurysm Outcome.Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) · 2026Article
- Gut-Heart Axis in Myocardial Repair: Mechanisms, Cross-Organ Networks, and Therapeutic Opportunities.Circulation research · 2026Review
- Dietary Nutrients, Gut Microbiota, and Cardiac Function: From Metabolic Mechanisms to Clinical Applications.Nutrients · 2026Review
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24 authors at 9 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe gut microbiota-dependent metabolite phenylacetylgutamine (PAGln) is both associated with atherothrombotic heart disease in humans, and mechanistically linked to cardiovascular disease pathogenesis in animal models via modulation of adrenergic receptor signaling.
methodsHere we examined both clinical and mechanistic relationships between PAGln and heart failure (HF). First, we examined associations among plasma levels of PAGln and HF, left ventricular ejection fraction, and N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in 2 independent clinical cohorts of subjects undergoing coronary angiography in tertiary referral centers (an initial discovery US Cohort, n=3256; and a validation European Cohort, n=829). Then, the impact of PAGln on cardiovascular phenotypes relevant to HF in cultured cardiomyoblasts, and in vivo were also examined.
resultsCirculating PAGln levels were dose-dependently associated with HF presence and indices of severity (reduced ventricular ejection fraction, elevated N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide) independent of traditional risk factors and renal function in both cohorts. Beyond these clinical associations, mechanistic studies showed both PAGln and its murine counterpart, phenylacetylglycine, directly fostered HF-relevant phenotypes, including decreased cardiomyocyte sarcomere contraction, and B-type natriuretic peptide gene expression in both cultured cardiomyoblasts and murine atrial tissue.
conclusionsThe present study reveals the gut microbial metabolite PAGln is clinically and mechanistically linked to HF presence and severity. Modulating the gut microbiome, in general, and PAGln production, in particular, may represent a potential therapeutic target for modulating HF. REGISTRATION: URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/; Unique identifier: NCT00590200 and URL: https://drks.de/drks_web/; Unique identifier: DRKS00020915.
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