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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2019

An Association of Gut Microbiota with Different Phenotypes in Chinese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Hsin-I Chiang, Jian-Rong Li, Chun-Chi Liu, Po-Yu Liu, Hsin-Hua Chen, Yi-Ming Chen, Joung-Liang Lan, Der-Yuan Chen

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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70citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
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

70 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 117 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hsin-I ChiangDepartment of Animal Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan. samchiang@nchu.edu.tw.ORCID 0000-0002-2815-4314
Jian-Rong LiAdvanced Plant Biotechnology Center, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan. fanicesiza@gmail.com.
Chun-Chi LiuInstitute of Genomics and Bioinformatics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan. chunchiliu@gmail.com.
Po-Yu LiuPh.D. Program in Translational Medicine and Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan. idfellow@gmail.com.
Hsin-Hua ChenPh.D. Program in Translational Medicine and Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan. shc5555@hotmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-7304-4587
Yi-Ming ChenPh.D. Program in Translational Medicine and Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 40227, Taiwan. blacklark@gmail.com.
Joung-Liang LanRheumatic Diseases Research Laboratory, Rheumatology and Immunology Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40447, Taiwan. jounglan@me.com.
Der-Yuan ChenRheumatology and Immunology Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung 40447, Taiwan. dychen1957@gmail.com.
National Chung Hsing University · TWChina Medical University · TWNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University · TW

Funding

Taichung Veterans General Hospital and National Chung Hsing University TCVGH-NCHU1067603
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We aimed to investigate the association of gut microbiota with disease activity, inflammatory parameters, and auto-antibodies profile in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A total of 138 RA patients and 21 healthy controls (HC) were enrolled. Fecal samples were collected for bacterial DNA extraction and 16S ribosome (r)RNA sequencing, followed by analyses of gut microbiota composition. Serum levels of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-6, and IL-17A were determined by using ELISA. Our results indicated that RA patients had lower diversity index, which reflects both evenness and richness of gut microbiota, compared to HC. The alpha-diversity was lower in anti-citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACPA)-positive patients than in HC. The phylum

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disease activitygut microbiotaproinflammatory cytokinesrheumatoid arthritisseropositivity

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PMID31652955
PMCPMC6912313
OpenAlexW2981593585

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