1. Effects of gut microbiota on atherosclerosis through hydrogen sulfide
- Author
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Zhi-Sheng Jiang, Wen Luo, Dan-Dan Gui, Bin-Jie Yan, Lu-Shan Liu, Zhong Ren, Jifeng Zhang, and Zhi-Han Tang
- Subjects
0301 basic medicine ,Angiogenesis ,Hydrogen sulfide ,Inflammation ,Gut flora ,Inflammatory bowel disease ,Nitric oxide ,03 medical and health sciences ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,0302 clinical medicine ,medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Hydrogen Sulfide ,Cause of death ,Pharmacology ,Bacteria ,biology ,Gasotransmitters ,business.industry ,Arteries ,Atherosclerosis ,medicine.disease ,biology.organism_classification ,Plaque, Atherosclerotic ,Gastrointestinal Microbiome ,Intestines ,030104 developmental biology ,chemistry ,Apoptosis ,Immunology ,medicine.symptom ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery ,Signal Transduction - Abstract
Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death and morbidity worldwide. Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) is affected by both environmental and genetic factors. Microenvironmental disorders of the human gut flora are associated with a variety of health problems, not only gastrointestinal diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, but also extralintestinal organs. Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is the third gas signaling molecule other than nitric oxide and carbon monoxide. In the cardiovascular system, H2S plays important roles in the regulation of blood pressure, angiogenesis, smooth muscle cell proliferation and apoptosis, anti-oxidative stress, cardiac functions. This review is aiming to explore the potential role of gut microbiota in the development of atherosclerosis through hydrogen sulfide production as a novel therapeutic direction for atherosclerosis.
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- 2021