Bile acids at the cross-roads of gut microbiome–host cardiometabolic interactions

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2017
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Ryan, Paul M.
Stanton, Catherine
Caplice, Noel M.
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BioMed Central
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While basic and clinical research over the last several decades has recognized a number of modifiable risk factors associated with cardiometabolic disease progression, additional and alternative biological perspectives may offer novel targets for prevention and treatment of this disease set. There is mounting preclinical and emerging clinical evidence indicating that the mass of metabolically diverse microorganisms which inhabit the human gastrointestinal tract may be implicated in initiation and modulation of cardiovascular and metabolic disease outcomes. The following review will discuss this gut microbiome–host metabolism axis and address newly proposed bile-mediated signaling pathways through which dysregulation of this homeostatic axis may influence host cardiovascular risk. With a central focus on the major nuclear and membrane-bound bile acid receptor ligands, we aim to review the putative impact of microbial bile acid modification on several major phenotypes of metabolic syndrome, from obesity to heart failure. Finally, attempting to synthesize several separate but complementary hypotheses, we will review current directions in preclinical and clinical investigation in this evolving field.
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Microbiome , Bile acids , Cardiovascular disease , Metabolic syndrome
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Ryan, P. M., Stanton, C. and Caplice, N. M. (2017) 'Bile acids at the cross-roads of gut microbiome–host cardiometabolic interactions', Diabetology and Metabolic Syndrome, 9(1), 102 (12pp). doi: 10.1186/s13098-017-0299-9