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Sleeve Gastrectomy Protects Against Hypertension in Rats due to Changes in the Gut Microbiome.
The Journal of surgical research - 1 Sept 2024
Barron Matthew, Fernando Deemantha G, Atkinson Samantha N, Kirby John, Kindel Tammy L
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INTRODUCTION: Sleeve gastrectomy (SG), results in improvement in hypertension. We have previously published that rodent SG improves hypertension independent of weight loss associated with unique shifts in the gut microbiome. We tested if the gut microbiome directly improves blood pressure by performing fecal material transfer (FMT) from post-SG rats to surgery-naïve animals. METHODS: We performed SG or Sham...
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