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    Impact of the gut microbiota and associated metabolites on cardiometabolic traits, chronic diseases and human longevity: a Mendelian randomization study

    Features of the gut microbiota have been associated with several chronic diseases and longevity in preclinical models as well as in observational studies. Whether these relations underlie causal effects in hum...

    Eloi Gagnon, Patricia L. Mitchell in Journal of Translational Medicine (2023)

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    Mendelian randomization prioritizes abdominal adiposity as an independent causal factor for liver fat accumulation and cardiometabolic diseases

    Observational studies have linked adiposity and especially abdominal adiposity to liver fat accumulation and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. These traits are also associated with type 2 diabetes and coronar...

    Eloi Gagnon, William Pelletier, Émilie Gobeil, Jérôme Bourgault in Communications Medicine (2022)

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    Protectin DX alleviates insulin resistance by activating a myokine-liver glucoregulatory axis

    Lower levels of ω–3 fatty acid–derived resolution mediators have been linked to insulin resistance in obese mice. André Marette and his colleagues now show that treatment of obese mice with a resolution mediat...

    Phillip J White, Philippe St-Pierre, Alexandre Charbonneau in Nature Medicine (2014)