益生菌对动脉样硬化的潜在影响
Gerrit A Stuivenberg1,2, Annabel Poon1,2, Jeremy P Burton1,2
1Microbiology and Immunology, Western University, London N6A 3K7, Canada.
Microbiome research reports
|April 10, 2025
概括
益生菌可以通过减少与心血管风险相关的肠导尿毒素 (GDUTs) 来治疗动脉样硬化. 这种方法对于功能受损的患者来说是有前途的.
科学领域:
- 心血管医学 心血管医学
- 微生物组研究 微生物组研究
- 腎臟病學 (nephrology) 是一種醫學專業.
背景情况:
- 动脉样硬化的发病率正在上升,这表明了解其病理生理学和治疗方面的差距.
- 人们越来越认识到肠道微生物组在动脉样硬化中的作用,肠道衍生尿素毒素 (GDUT) 是潜在的贡献者.
- 高血水平的GDUTs如三甲基胺 n-氧化物 (TMAO),p-cresyl硫酸盐和氧硫酸盐与功能减弱和心血管风险增加相关.
研究的目的:
- 审查益生菌在治疗动脉样硬化的潜力.
- 探索益生菌作为减少GDUTs的治疗策略.
- 为突出非传统风险因素或功能受损的患者的相关性.
主要方法:
- 对有关益生菌,肠道微生物组,GDUT和动脉样硬化的现有科学文献的审查.
- 在体外和体内研究的分析,证明了GDUTs的细菌清除.
- 专注于口服益生菌针对肠道的潜力.
主要成果:
- 一些有益的肠道细菌表现出代谢或清除GDUT的能力.
- 益生菌是一种可行的策略,可以调节肠道微生物群并降低循环中的GDUT水平.
- 通过益生菌向GDUT可以减轻动脉样硬化的进展.
结论:
- 减少循环GDUT是动脉样硬化患者潜在的治疗目标.
- 口服益生菌为降低GDUT和有利于动脉样硬化管理提供了一个有希望的途径.
- 这种方法对患有功能损失或异常动脉样硬化风险因素的人来说特别有前途.
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