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Gut microbe-derived metabolite trimethylamine N-oxide accelerates fibroblast-myofibroblast differentiation and induces cardiac fibrosis

Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO), a gut microbe-derived metabolite of dietary choline and other trimethylamine-containing nutrients, has been associated with poor prognosis in coronary heart disease. However, the role and underlying mechanisms of TMAO in the cardiac fibrosis after myocardial infarction...

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Published in:Journal of molecular and cellular cardiology 2019-09, Vol.134, p.119-130
Main Authors: Yang, Wenlong, Zhang, Shuning, Zhu, Jianbing, Jiang, Hao, Jia, Daile, Ou, Tiantong, Qi, Zhiyong, Zou, Yunzeng, Qian, Juying, Sun, Aijun, Ge, Junbo
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