Response to the letter: Identification of trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO)-producer phenotype is interesting, but is it helpful?

Gut. 2020 Mar;69(3):610-611. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-318187. Epub 2019 Feb 22.

Authors

Wei-Kai Wu^{1

2}, Lee-Yan Sheen², Ming-Shiang Wu^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital Bei-Hu Branch, Taipei, Taiwan.
² Institute of Food Science and Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
³ Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.

PMID: 30796098
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-318187

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiovascular disease; enteric bacterial microflora; intestinal microbiology; nutrition.

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Carnitine*
Diet
Dysbiosis*
Humans
Methylamines
Mice
Phenotype

Substances

Methylamines
trimethyloxamine
Carnitine