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Physiological role for nitrate-reducing oral bacteria in blood pressure control.

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The results suggest that the recycling of endogenous nitrate by oral bacteria plays an important role in determination of plasma nitrite levels and thereby in the physiological control of blood pressure.
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This article is published in Free Radical Biology and Medicine.The article was published on 2013-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 279 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Nitrite & Nitric oxide.

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Strategies to increase nitric oxide signalling in cardiovascular disease

TL;DR: This Review discusses the identification of new pathways for enhancing NO synthase activity; ways to amplify the nitrate–nitrite–NO pathway; novel classes of NO-donating drugs; drugs that limit NO metabolism through effects on reactive oxygen species; and ways to modulate downstream phosphodiesterases and soluble guanylyl cyclases.
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Dietary nitrate provides sustained blood pressure lowering in hypertensive patients: a randomized, phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

TL;DR: In this article, single dose administration of dietary inorganic nitrate acutely reduces blood pressure (BP) in normotensive healthy volunteers, via bioconversion to the vasodilator nitric oxide.
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Sources of Vascular Nitric Oxide and Reactive Oxygen Species and Their Regulation

TL;DR: The biology of NO and ROS in the cardiovascular system, with special emphasis on their routes of formation and regulation, are presented, as well as the therapeutic challenges and opportunities for the management of no/ROS in cardiovascular disease.
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Nitrate and periplasmic nitrate reductases

TL;DR: This review focuses on the features of periplasmic nitrate reductase where the catalytic subunit of the Nap and its kinetic properties, auxiliary Nap proteins, operon structure and phylogenetic relationships are discussed.
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Age-specific relevance of usual blood pressure to vascular mortality: a meta-analysis of individual data for one million adults in 61 prospective studies.

TL;DR: Throughout middle and old age, usual blood pressure is strongly and directly related to vascular (and overall) mortality, without any evidence of a threshold down to at least 115/75 mm Hg.
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Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

Curtis Huttenhower, +253 more
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TL;DR: The Human Microbiome Project Consortium reported the first results of their analysis of microbial communities from distinct, clinically relevant body habitats in a human cohort; the insights into the microbial communities of a healthy population lay foundations for future exploration of the epidemiology, ecology and translational applications of the human microbiome as discussed by the authors.
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Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

Curtis Huttenhower, +247 more
- 01 Jun 2012 - 
TL;DR: The Human Microbiome Project has analysed the largest cohort and set of distinct, clinically relevant body habitats so far, finding the diversity and abundance of each habitat’s signature microbes to vary widely even among healthy subjects, with strong niche specialization both within and among individuals.
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Host-Bacterial Mutualism in the Human Intestine

TL;DR: New studies are revealing how the gut microbiota has coevolved with us and how it manipulates and complements the authors' biology in ways that are mutually beneficial.
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The nitrate–nitrite–nitric oxide pathway in physiology and therapeutics

TL;DR: This Review discusses the emerging important biological functions of the nitrate–nitrite–NO pathway, and highlights studies that implicate the therapeutic potential of nitrate and nitrite in conditions such as myocardial infarction, stroke, systemic and pulmonary hypertension, and gastric ulceration.
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