Kidney disease reprograms microbiome-host signaling to promote heart failure
Alex Yarritu, W Anders, Arne Thiele, Olena Potapenko, Fabian Schumacher, István András Szijártó, Ariana Rauch, Jakob Versnjak, Natnael Gebremedhin, Victoria J. McParland, Simon Heckscher, Sakshi Kamboj, Giuseppe Trimarchi, Harithaa Anandakumar, Franziska Fuckert, , Nicola Wilck
This study identifies a microbiome-AhR-IL-17A axis that drives CKD-associated cardiac fibrosis and shows that AhR inhibition prevents remodeling.
bioRxiv · Jun 8, 2026 · PreprintImmunology