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ArticleJournal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition2019

Enteric Virome and Bacterial Microbiota in Children With Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn Disease.

Melissa A Fernandes, Sofia G Verstraete, Tung G Phan, Xutao Deng, Emily Stekol, Brandon LaMere, Susan V Lynch, Melvin B Heyman, Eric Delwart

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Article in Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 77 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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77citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

77 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 128 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. The Human Microbiome-A Physiologic Perspective.Comprehensive Physiology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Melissa A FernandesDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, University of California, San Francisco.
Sofia G VerstraeteDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, University of California, San Francisco.
Tung G PhanBlood Systems Research Institute.
Xutao DengBlood Systems Research Institute.
Emily StekolDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, University of California, San Francisco.
Brandon LaMereDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine.
Susan V LynchDivision of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine.
Melvin B HeymanDivision of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, University of California, San Francisco.
Eric DelwartBlood Systems Research Institute.
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital · USUniversity of California, San Francisco · USBlood Systems Research Institute · US

Funding

TRAINING PROGRAM IN PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY/NUTRITIONT32DK007762 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI James Bayrer · 1998 to 2026
$7.3M
NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007762
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesWe examined the fecal virome and bacterial community composition of children with Crohn disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC), and healthy controls to test the hypothesis that unique patterns of viral organisms and/or presence of bacterial pathogens may be identified that could contribute to the pathogenesis of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

methodsFecal samples from 24 children (mean 12.2 years) with CD (n = 7) or UC (n = 5) and similar aged controls (n = 12) were processed to determine individual viromes. Viral sequences were identified through translated protein sequence similarity search. Bacterial microbiota were determined by sequencing of the V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene.

resultsOnly a few human viruses were detected, so virome analyses focused on bacterial viruses. The relative abundance of Caudovirales was greater than that of Microviridae phages in both IBD and healthy controls. Caudovirales phages were more abundant in CD (mean 80.8%) than UC (48.8%) (P = 0.05) but not controls. The richness of viral strains in Microviridae but not Caudovirales was higher in controls than CD (P = 0.05) but not UC cases. No other measure of phage abundance, richness, or Shannon diversity showed significant difference between the 2 IBD and control groups. Bacterial microbiota analysis revealed that IBD diagnosis, albumin, hemoglobin, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and probiotic supplementation correlated to the composition of gut bacterial microbiota.

conclusionsMinor patterns in gut virome and bacterial community composition distinguish pediatric IBD patients from healthy controls. Probiotics are associated with bacterial microbiota composition. These exploratory results need confirmation in larger studies.

Indexed as

Genome, ViralAdolescentBacteriophagesCase-Control StudiesChildColitis, UlcerativeCrohn DiseaseFecesFemaleGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansMaleProbioticsRNA, Ribosomal, 16SViral TropismVirusesRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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PMID30169455
PMCPMC6310095
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