Gut microbiota profiling of Dahl salt-sensitive and salt-resistant rats fed normal- or high-salt diets
This project investigated the effects of a high-salt diet on the gut microbiota of Dahl salt-sensitive and salt-resistant rats. Fecal bacterial communities were profiled by sequencing the V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene using the Illumina NovaSeq 6000 platform. The sequencing data were generated to characterize diet- and salt-sensitivity-associated alterations in gut microbial composition and to explore their potential relationship with the development of a hypertensive phenotype.