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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2017

Modulation of Gut Microbiome Composition and Function in Experimental Colitis Treated with Sulfasalazine.

Haihui Zheng, Mingyi Chen, Yuan Li, Yuanyuan Wang, Lin Wei, Ziqiong Liao, Mengxia Wang, Fangli Ma, Qiongfeng Liao, Zhiyong Xie

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 47 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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47 citing papers in PubMed, 101 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Haihui ZhengSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou, China.
Mingyi ChenSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou, China.
Yuan LiSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineGuangzhou, China.
Yuanyuan WangInfinitus (China) Company Ltd.Guangzhou, China.
Lin WeiSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou, China.
Ziqiong LiaoSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou, China.
Mengxia WangSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineGuangzhou, China.
Fangli MaInfinitus (China) Company Ltd.Guangzhou, China.
Qiongfeng LiaoSchool of Chinese Materia Medica, Guangzhou University of Chinese MedicineGuangzhou, China.
Zhiyong XieSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou, China.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNGuangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNInfinitus (China) · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) results from alterations in intestinal flora and the immune system. Sulfasalazine (SASP) is a sulfa antimicrobial used to treat IBD in clinic for years. However, how SASP affects gut microbes and its potential functions remains unclear. To investigate the relationships of SASP, IBD, and gut microbiome, we used 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid (TNBS) to induce experimental colitis in rats, and analyzed the microbiota in the fecal samples, which come from the control group (treated with ethanol + saline), the model group (treated with TNBS-ethanol + saline) and the SASP group (treated with TNBS-ethanol + SASP), with 16S gene sequencing and followed up a subset sample using shotgun sequencing. The study found that SASP treatment could not only restore the TNBS-induced gut dysbiosis, which was proved by the increasing amount of SCFAs-producing bacteria and lactic acid-producing bacteria as well as the decreasing amount of Proteobacteria, but also modulate the dysregulated function of the TNBS-induced colitis to resemble that of the control group, including an increased capacity for basic metabolism (carbohydrate metabolism, citrate cycle) and a decrease in the oxidative stress (riboflavin, sulfur, cysteine) as well as bacterial pathogenesis (cell motility and secretion, bacterial motility proteins, flagellar assembly). Moreover, a higher proportion of

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16S gene sequencingcolitisgut microbiomemetagenomicsSASPTNBS

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PMCPMC5594074
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