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Gut Microbial Pathway identified as Target for Improved Heart Disease Treatment

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Topological designation of the secondary structure of β2AR. The figure displays the overlap of the secondary structures of the 4 crystal structures of β2AR used in this study.

Cleveland Clinic researchers have made a significant discovery about how the gut microbiome interacts with cells to cause cardiovascular disease. The study published in Nature Communications found that phenylacetylglutamine (PAG), produced by gut bacteria as a waste product, then absorbed and formed in the liver, interacts with previously undiscovered locations on beta-2 adrenergic receptors on heart cells once it enters the circulation.

PAG was shown to interact with beta-2 adrenergic receptors to influence how forcefully the heart muscle cells contract—a process that investigators believe contributes to he...

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