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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Atherosclerosis. 2015 Jun 3;241(2):387–399. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.05.035

Figure 6. Microbiota derived Short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFAs) and atherosclerosis.

Figure 6

Microbiota can degrade and metabolize various complex carbohydrates, complementing the limited saccharolytic diversity encoded by the human genome. This results in the production of certain SCFAs which enter the circulation and activate receptors in a variety of all types to affect traits relevant to atherosclerosis.