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ArticleScientific reports2018

Integrative metabolic and microbial profiling on patients with Spleen-yang-deficiency syndrome.

Zhang Lin, Wu Ye, Xianpeng Zu, Haisheng Xie, Houkai Li, Yiping Li, Weidong Zhang

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44 citing papers in PubMed, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Zhang LinSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200000, China.
Wu YeDepartment of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Municipal Hospital for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200000, China.
Xianpeng ZuSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200000, China.
Haisheng XieSchool of Pharmacy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200000, China.
Houkai LiCentre for Chinese Medical Therapy and Systems Biology, Institute for Interdisciplinary Medicine Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 201203, China.
Yiping LiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Shanghai Municipal Hospital for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, 200000, China. LiYiPing_LYP@126.com.
Weidong ZhangSchool of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, 200000, China. wdzhangy@hotmail.com.
Second Military Medical University · CNShanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital · CNShanghai Jiao Tong University · CNShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gut microbiota is recognized as an indispensable "metabolic organ" that plays crucial roles in maintaining human health or initiating diseases. Spleen-yang-deficiency syndrome (SYDS) is a common syndrome of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) clinic. It is a complex phenotype reflecting the overall changes of metabolism which are mainly caused by digestive disorders. However, little is known about the changes of gut microbiota and metabolism in patients with SYDS, as well as the crosstalk between gut microbiota and host metabolism. In the current study, an integrative metabolic and microbial profiling was performed on plasma, urine and feces from recruited SYDS and healthy individuals by using a LC-QTOFMS-based metabolomic and 16 s rRNA sequencing approaches. Our results showed a potentially significant contribution of gut dysbiosis to the metabolic disorders in SYDS. By integrating the differential gut bacteria with the metabolites, the results revealed some active bacterium of norank_f_CFT112H7, f_lachnospiraceae and bacteroides were closely involved in host mucosal integrity, bile acid metabolism and polysaccharides decomposition. Therefore, our results indicated the probable involvement of gut microbiota in mediating the metabolic changes, which warrants a further investigation on the role of gut microbiota in modulating the pathogenesis of SYDS.

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MetabolomeMicrobiotaAdultAgedCase-Control StudiesComputational BiologyFemaleGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansMaleMetabolomicsMetagenomicsMiddle AgedSpleenSyndromeYang Deficiency

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