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Exploring the Interplay Between a High Salt Diet, Intestinal Health, and Atherosclerosis

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posted on 2023-01-30, 22:20 authored by OLIVIA DAWN COONEY
A western diet contains high amounts of salt, which is a known risk factor for heart disease. Previously, salt has been associated with heart disease through an increase in blood pressure. However, a high salt diet can also directly increase inflammatory white blood cells. In my PhD, I discovered that a high salt intake can increase inflammatory white blood cells triggered by the gut which enters the heart and increases heart disease risk. Interestingly, restoring gut health using prebiotics, significantly reduces inflammatory white blood cells and heart disease risk, highlighting an important role the gut plays in salt-related heart disease.

History

Principal supervisor

Andrew Murphy

Additional supervisor 1

Man Kit Sam Lee

Year of Award

2023

Department, School or Centre

Immunology - Alfred

Additional Institution or Organisation

Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute

Campus location

Australia

Course

Doctor of Philosophy

Degree Type

DOCTORATE

Faculty

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences