Fecal microbial community changes are associated with numerous disease states, including
cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, such data are merely associative. A causal …

Patients with diabetes mellitus have> 2× the risk for develo** heart failure (HF; HF with
reduced ejection fraction and HF with preserved ejection fraction). Cardiovascular …

Advances in our understanding of how the gut microbiota contributes to human health and
diseases have expanded our insight into how microbial composition and function affect the …

Document Reviewers b, Petr Widimsky, Philippe Kolh, Stefan Agewall, Héctor Bueno,
Antonio Coca, Gert J. De Borst, Victoria Delgado, Florian Dick, Cetin Erol, Marc Ferrini …

It has long been observed that heart failure (HF) is associated with measures of systemic
inflammation. In recent years, there have been significant advancements in our …

Aims Acute myocardial infarction (MI) is the leading cause of mortality worldwide. Anti-
inflammatory strategies to reduce neutrophil-driven acute post-MI injury have been shown to …

Background—Previous reports have shown that elevated circulating levels of cytokines
and/or cytokine receptors predict adverse outcomes in patients with heart failure. However …

IL-10, IL-6, and TNF-α: Central factors in the altered cytokine network of uremia—The good,
the bad, and the ugly. It has been increasingly apparent that wasting and cardiovascular …

An increasing amount of evidence reveals that the gut microbiota is involved in the
pathogenesis and progression of various cardiovascular diseases. In patients with heart …

Background: Elevated circulating concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines may
contribute to the pathogenesis of congestive heart failure (CHF). In vitro studies suggest that …