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ArticleScientific reports2015

Dysbiosis gut microbiota associated with inflammation and impaired mucosal immune function in intestine of humans with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

Weiwei Jiang, Na Wu, Xuemei Wang, Yujing Chi, Yuanyuan Zhang, Xinyun Qiu, Ying Hu, Jing Li, Yulan Liu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 359 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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359citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

359 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 641 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Weiwei JiangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Na WuInstitute of Clinical Molecular Biology &Central Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xuemei WangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yujing ChiInstitute of Clinical Molecular Biology &Central Laboratory, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yuanyuan ZhangDepartment of Gastroenterology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Xinyun QiuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Ying HuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Jing LiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Yulan LiuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.
Peking University · CNPeking University People's Hospital · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has recently been considered to be under the influence of the gut microbiota, which might exert toxic effects on the human host after intestinal absorption and delivery to the liver via the portal vein. In this study, the composition of the gut microbiota in NAFLD patients and healthy subjects was determined via 16S ribosomal RNA Illumina next-generation sequencing. Among those taxa displaying greater than 0.1% average abundance in all samples, five genera, including Alistipes and Prevotella, were significantly more abundant in the gut microbiota of healthy subjects compared to NAFLD patients. Alternatively, Escherichia, Anaerobacter, Lactobacillus and Streptococcus were increased in the gut microbiota of NAFLD patients compared to healthy subjects. In addition, decreased numbers of CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes and increased levels of TNF-α, IL-6 and IFN-γ were detected in the NAFLD group compared to the healthy group. Furthermore, irregularly arranged microvilli and widened tight junctions were observed in the gut mucosa of the NAFLD patients via transmission electron microscopy. We postulate that aside from dysbiosis of the gut microbiota, gut microbiota-mediated inflammation of the intestinal mucosa and the related impairment in mucosal immune function play an important role in the pathogenesis of NAFLD.

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DysbiosisInflammationMicrobiotaAdultAgedBacteriaCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCD8-Positive T-LymphocytesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansInterferon-gammaInterleukin-6Intestinal MucosaMaleMiddle AgedInterferon-gammaInterleukin-6RNA, Ribosomal, 16STumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID25644696
PMCPMC4314632
OpenAlexW1997111114

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