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The gut bacterium Eubacterium rectale causally decreases plasma levels of hydrogen sulfite, a toxin that negatively affects cardiovascular function.
Maintaining a healthy gut microbiome, specifically by supporting bacteria like Eubacterium rectale, may help reduce hydrogen sulfite levels in your blood, which is beneficial for cardiovascular health.
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Mendelian randomization analyses support a potential causal effect of Eubacterium rectale in decreasing plasma levels of hydrogen sulfite—a toxin that affects cardiovascular function.
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Uses Mendelian Randomization (MR) and mediation analysis, which are strong for inferring causality in observational data, supported by sensitivity analyses.
Source
Influence of the microbiome, diet and genetics on inter-individual variation in the human plasma metabolome
Lianmin Chen et al. · Nature Medicine · 2022
DOI 10.1038/s41591-022-02014-8
cohort · n=1368Cited 303×
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