BACKGROUND AND AIMS: The increasing incidence of cardiovascular diseases has created an urgent need for safe and effective anti-thrombotic agents. Leech, as a traditional Chinese medicine, has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, but its real mater...
Circulating palmitic acid (PA) is generally considered to be provided from diets and endogenous synthesis, and is adversely correlated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). It is unknown, however, if gut microbiota modulates circulating PA and potentiate CVD risk. Here we demonstrate that in CVD pat...