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Compartments and processes through which microbiota-generated TMAO affects cholesterol and sterol metabolism and atherosclerosis. The microbiota metabolizes dietary L-carnitine and choline to form TMA and TMAO, influencing cholesterol and sterol metabolism in macrophages, liver, and intestine (39).
