Restructuring the Gut Microbiota by Intermittent Fasting Lowers Blood Pressure

Circ Res. 2021 Apr 30;128(9):1240-1254. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.120.318155. Epub 2021 Feb 18.

Huanan Shi^#^{1

2}, Bojun Zhang^#¹, Taylor Abo-Hamzy³, James W Nelson^{1

4}, Chandra Shekar R Ambati⁵, Joseph F Petrosino⁶, Robert M Bryan Jr^{1

2}, David J Durgan^{1

2}

¹ Department of Anesthesiology (H.S., B.Z., J.W.N., R.M.B., D.J.D.).
² Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX (H.S., R.M.B., D.J.D.).
³ School of Health Professions (T.A.-H.).
⁴ Integrated Molecular and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program (J.W.N.).
⁵ Advanced Technology Cores (C.S.R.A.).
⁶ Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, The Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research (J.F.P.).

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

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Keywords: bile acids; dysbiosis; fasting; metabolomics; microbiota.