The Microbiome Revolution Turns to Cholesterol

Matthew R Redinbo

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2020.07.011

The Microbiome Revolution Turns to Cholesterol

Cell Host Microbe. 2020 Aug 12;28(2):154-156. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.07.011.

Author

Matthew R Redinbo¹

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Chemistry, Biochemistry, Microbiology and Genomics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. Electronic address: redinbo@unc.edu.

PMID: 32791107
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2020.07.011

Abstract

The story of twentieth century biomedical breakthroughs could be told through cholesterol. Revolutions in genetics, molecular biology, genomics, and antibody-based therapies defined cholesterol's impact on human health and cholesterol-lowering strategies. In this issue, Kenny et al. (2020) bring a key twenty-first century biomedical development-the microbiome revolution-to cholesterol.

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MeSH terms

Bacteria
Cholesterol
Gastrointestinal Microbiome*
Humans

Substances

Cholesterol