Regulating uric acid

Elife. 2024 Nov 11:13:e104493. doi: 10.7554/eLife.104493.

Abstract

Certain strains of a bacterium found in the gut of some animals, Lactobacillus plantarum, are able to counter hyperuricemia, a condition caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood.

Keywords: Lactobacillus plantarum; hyperuricemia; infectious disease; microbiology; mouse; nucleoside hydrolase; purine.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Gastrointestinal Microbiome / physiology
  • Humans
  • Hyperuricemia*
  • Lactobacillus plantarum* / metabolism
  • Lactobacillus plantarum* / physiology
  • Uric Acid* / blood
  • Uric Acid* / metabolism

Substances

  • Uric Acid