Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Alterations of gut microbiota contribute to the progression of unruptured intracranial aneurysms

  • Hao Li,
  • Haochen Xu,
  • Youxiang Li,
  • Yuhua Jiang,
  • Yamin Hu,
  • Tingting Liu,
  • Xueqing Tian,
  • Xihai Zhao,
  • Yandong Zhu,
  • Shuxia Wang,
  • Chunrui Zhang,
  • Jing Ge,
  • Xuliang Wang,
  • Hongyan Wen,
  • Congxia Bai,
  • Yingying Sun,
  • Li Song,
  • Yinhui Zhang,
  • Rutai Hui,
  • Jun Cai,
  • Jingzhou Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16990-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Unruptured intracranial aneurysm (UIA) is a life-threatening cerebrovascular condition. Here the authors report altered gut microbiota including low abundance of Hungatella hathewayi in patients with UIAs, and show that supplementation with Hungatella hathewayi or the metabolite taurine prevents UIAs in mice.