In a series of previous blog posts, I delved into the role of the gut microbiome and its contribution to cardiovascular health. As it is almost time to wrap up this year’s blogging series, I thought to provide some final points about this topic. Large lines of evidence that shows gut microbiota is a major … Read more
In my previous blog posts, I started to discuss the importance of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and how it contributes to aortic aneurysms and how microbiota-derived lipopolysaccharide (LPS) can activate the whole signaling pathway. In today’s post, I thought to discuss the TLR4 pathway, in far more details and how it contributes to obesity and … Read more
In my previous blog post, I briefly discussed the importance of microbiome research and how to take the first steps in conducting a microbiome study. In today’s post, I will continue to discuss the importance of this area of research with a focus on obesity. The worldwide epidemic of metabolic syndrome and obesity in different … Read more