Since the renaissance of microbiome research in the past decade, much insight has
accumulated in comprehending forces shaping the architecture and functionality of resident …

Understanding how dietary nutrients modulate the gut microbiome is of great interest for the
development of food products and eating patterns for combatting the global burden of non …

Nitric oxide (NO), generated from L-arginine and oxygen by NO synthases, is a pleiotropic
signaling molecule involved in cardiovascular and metabolic regulation. More recently, an …

Several studies have demonstrated that polyphenol-enriched diets may have beneficial
effects against the development of degenerative diseases, including atherosclerosis and …

It has become apparent that gut microbiota is closely associated with cardiometabolic
diseases (CMDs), and alteration in microbiome compositions is also linked to the host …

Objective To assess the associations between the consumption of sugary drinks (such as
sugar sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juices), artificially sweetened beverages, and …

Fasting and starvation were common occurrences during human evolution and accordingly
have been an important environmental factor shaping human energy metabolism. Humans …

Abstract Background Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is a metabolite that has attracted
attention due to its positive association with several chronic non-communicable diseases …

Bile acids are cholesterol-derived steroid molecules that serve various metabolic functions,
particularly in the digestion of lipids. Gut microbes produce unconjugated and secondary …

The microbiota isolated from the urine of bladder carcinoma patients exhibits significantly
increased compositional abundance of some bacterial genera compared to the urine of …