Metformin Is Associated With Higher Relative Abundance of Mucin-Degrading Akkermansia muciniphila and Several Short-Chain Fatty Acid–Producing Microbiota in …

…, V Corrales-Agudelo, EP Velásquez-Mejía… - Diabetes …, 2017 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Recent studies suggest the beneficial effects of metformin on glucose metabolism
may be microbially mediated. We examined the association of type 2 diabetes, metformin, …

[HTML][HTML] Higher fecal short-chain fatty acid levels are associated with gut microbiome dysbiosis, obesity, hypertension and cardiometabolic disease risk factors

…, NT Mueller, R Álvarez-Quintero, EP Velásquez-Mejía… - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
Fiber fermentation by gut microbiota yields short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) that are either
absorbed by the gut or excreted in feces. Studies are conflicting as to whether SCFAs are …

[HTML][HTML] Gut microbiota is associated with obesity and cardiometabolic disease in a population in the midst of Westernization

…, V Corrales-Agudelo, EP Velásquez-Mejía… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Westernization and its accompanying epidemiological transitions are associated with
changes in gut microbiota. While the extremes of this lifestyle spectrum have been compared (…

Impact of DNA extraction, sample dilution, and reagent contamination on 16S rRNA gene sequencing of human feces

EP Velásquez-Mejía, J de la Cuesta-Zuluaga… - Applied microbiology …, 2018 - Springer
Culture-independent methods have granted the possibility to study microbial diversity in
great detail, but technical issues pose a threat to the accuracy of new findings. Biases …

[HTML][HTML] Green Coffee Extract Improves Cardiometabolic Parameters and Modulates Gut Microbiota in High-Fat-Diet-Fed ApoE-/- Mice

…, M Naranjo, S Medina, EP Velásquez-Mejía… - Nutrients, 2019 - mdpi.com
Chlorogenic acids (CGA) are the most abundant phenolic compounds in green coffee beans
and in the human diet and have been suggested to mitigate several cardiometabolic risk …

Consumption of golden berries (Physalis peruviana L.) might reduce biomarkers of oxidative stress and alter gut permeability in men without changing inflammation …

…, OJ Lara-Guzmán, EP Velásquez-Mejía… - Food Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Golden berry (Physalis peruviana) is a tropical fruit rich in antioxidants that has been proposed
to be able to control the lipid profile in hypercholesterolemic patients. Dyslipidemia is an …

Gut microbiota composition explains more variance in the host cardiometabolic risk than genetic ancestry

…, J de la Cuesta-Zuluaga, EP Velásquez-Mejía… - Gut …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Cardiometabolic affections greatly contribute to the global burden of disease. The susceptibility
to obesity, cardiovascular disease, and type-2 diabetes, conditions that add to the …

Variants in genes of innate immunity, appetite control and energy metabolism are associated with host cardiometabolic health and gut microbiota composition

…, O Campo, EP Velásquez-Mejía… - Gut …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Identifying the genetic and non-genetic determinants of obesity and related cardiometabolic
dysfunctions is cornerstone for their prevention, treatment, and control. While genetic …

Evaluación in vitro e in silico de inhibidores en la fosfodiesterasa 4D (PDE4D)

EP Velásquez Mejía - 2012 - repositorio.unal.edu.co
… EN LA FOSFODIESTERASA 4D (PDE4D) ELIANA PATRICIA VELÁSQUEZ MEJÍA Tesis de
Gr … ELIANA PATRICIA VELÁSQUEZ MEJÍA Tesis de Grado presentada para optar al título de …

[PDF][PDF] EVALUACIÓN IN VITRO E IN SILICO DE INHIBIDORES EN LA FOSFODIESTERASA 4D (PDE4D)

EPV MEJÍA - 2012 - core.ac.uk
… EN LA FOSFODIESTERASA 4D (PDE4D) ELIANA PATRICIA VELÁSQUEZ MEJÍA Tesis de
Gr … ELIANA PATRICIA VELÁSQUEZ MEJÍA Tesis de Grado presentada para optar al título de …