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ArticleNPJ biofilms and microbiomes2025

Mediation effect and metabolic pathways of gut microbiota in the associations between lifestyles and dyslipidemia.

Lijun Zeng, Bin Yu, Peibin Zeng, Zhuoma Duoji, Haojiang Zuo, Jian Lian, Tingting Yang, Yingxue Dai, Yuemei Feng, Peng Yu and 3 more

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Article in NPJ biofilms and microbiomes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Lijun Zeng *Laboratory of Cardiac Structure and Function, Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Bin Yu *West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Peibin Zeng *West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Zhuoma Duoji *High Altitude Medical Research Center, School of Medicine, Tibet University, Lhasa, China.
Haojiang ZuoWest China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jian LianInstitute of Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Chongqing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chongqing, China.
Tingting YangSchool of Public Health, Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, China.
Yingxue DaiChengdu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Chengdu, China.
Yuemei FengSchool of Public Health, Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China.
Peng YuWest China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Jiqi YangWest China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China.
Shujuan YangWest China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. yangsj@scu.edu.cn.
Qingyu DouNational Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics, Center of Gerontology and Geriatrics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China. douqingyu@wchscu.cn.

Funding

Chongqing Maternal and Child Health Hospital CQFYJB01005Key R&D Project of Sichuan Province 2023YFS0251National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFC3604701; 2020YFC2008005; 2018YFC2002405National Key Research and Development Program of China 2023YFC3604702National Natural Science Foundation of China 723B2017Science and Technology Major Project of Tibetan Autonomous Region of China XZ202201ZD0001GScience and Technology Plan Projects of Tibet Autonomous Region XZ202303ZY0007G
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Whether the role of gut microbial features lies in the pathways from lifestyles to dyslipidemia remains unclear. In this cross-sectional study, we conducted a metagenome-wide association analysis and fecal metabolomic profiling in 994 adults from the China Multi-Ethnic cohort. A total of 26 microbial species were identified as mediators between lifestyle factors and risk for dyslipidemia. Specifically, the abundance of [Ruminococcus] gnavus mediated the associations between lifestyles and risks for dyslipidemia, elevated low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, elevated total cholesterol, and elevated triglycerides. [Ruminococcus] gnavus, Alistipes shahii, and Lachnospira eligens were replicated to be associated with dyslipidemia in an external validation cohort. The potential metabolic pathways included arachidonic acid, bile acid, and aromatic amino-acid metabolism.

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BacteriaDyslipidemiasGastrointestinal MicrobiomeLife StyleMetabolic Networks and PathwaysAdultAgedChinaCross-Sectional StudiesFecesFemaleHumansMaleMetabolomicsMetagenomeMiddle AgedTriglycerides

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PMID40436871
PMCPMC12120021

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