Mengni Cui

Ms. Mengni Cui

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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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21 October 2021 in Metabolites
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MCMengni Cui
Mengni Cui
ATAlessia Trimigno
Alessia Trimigno
JMJosue Leonardo Castro Mejia
Josue Leonardo Castro Mejia
SRSøren Reitelseder
Søren Reitelseder
JBJacob Bülow
Jacob Bülow
Bekzod KhakimovBekzod Khakimov
Bekzod Khakimov
This study investigated how body mass index (BMI), physical fitness, and blood plasma lipoprotein levels are related to the fecal metabolome in older adults. The fecal metabolome data were acquired using proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry on 163 healthy older adults (65–80 years old, 80 females and 83 males). Overweight and obese subjects (BMI ≥ 27) showed higher levels of fecal amino acids (AAs) (valine, alanine, and phenylalanine) compared to normal-weight subjects (BMI ≤ 23.5). Adults classified in the high-fitness group displayed slightly lower concentrations of fecal short-chain fatty acids, propionic acid, and AAs (methionine, leucine, glutamic acid, and threonine) compared to the low-fitness group. Subjects with lower levels of cholesterol in low-density lipoprotein particles (LDLchol, ≤2.6 mmol/L) displayed higher fecal levels of valine, glutamic acid, phenylalanine, and lactic acid, while subjects with a higher level of cholesterol in high-density lipoprotein particles (HDLchol, ≥2.1 mmol/L) showed lower fecal concentration of isovaleric acid. The results from this study suggest that the human fecal metabolome, which primarily represents undigested food waste and metabolites produced by the gut microbiome, carries important information about human health and should be closely integrated to other omics data for a better understanding of the role of the gut microbiome and diet on human health and metabolism.

22 June 2020 in Analytical Chemistry
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MCMengni Cui
Mengni Cui
ATAlessia Trimigno
Alessia Trimigno
VAVioletta Aru
Violetta Aru
Bekzod KhakimovBekzod Khakimov
Bekzod Khakimov
SESøren Balling Engelsen
Søren Balling Engelsen

28 May 2021 in Journal of Proteome Research
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MCMengni Cui
Mengni Cui
ATAlessia Trimigno
Alessia Trimigno
VAVioletta Aru
Violetta Aru
MRMorten A. Rasmussen
Morten A. Rasmussen
Bekzod KhakimovBekzod Khakimov
Bekzod Khakimov
SESøren Balling Engelsen
Søren Balling Engelsen