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Digital Immune Gene Expression Profiling Discriminates Allergic Rhinitis Responders from Non-Responders to Probiotic Supplementation.

Nicholas P West, Annabelle M Watts, Peter K Smith, Ping Zhang, Isolde Besseling-van der Vaart, Allan W Cripps, Amanda J Cox

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Article in Genes, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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7 authors.

Nicholas P WestSchool of Medical Science, Griffith University, Queensland, 4215, Australia. n.west@griffith.edu.au.
Annabelle M WattsSchool of Medical Science, Griffith University, Queensland, 4215, Australia. a.watts@griffithuni.edu.au.
Peter K SmithSchool of Medicine, Griffith University, Queensland, 4215, Australia. pksm@mac.com.
Ping ZhangMenzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Queensland, 4215, Australia. p.zhang@griffith.edu.au.
Isolde Besseling-van der VaartWinclove Probiotics B.V., Amsterdam, 1032 LB, The Netherlands. i.besseling@winclove.nl.
Allan W CrippsMenzies Health Institute Queensland, Griffith University, Queensland, 4215, Australia. allan.cripps@griffith.edu.au.
Amanda J CoxSchool of Medical Science, Griffith University, Queensland, 4215, Australia. a.cox@griffith.edu.au.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Probiotic supplementation for eight weeks with a multi-strain probiotic by individuals with allergic rhinitis (AR) reduced overall symptom severity, the frequency of medication use and improved quality of life. The purported mechanism of action is modulation of the immune system. This analysis examined changes in systemic and mucosal immune gene expression in a subgroup of individuals, classified as either responders or non-responders based on improvement of AR symptoms in response to the probiotic supplement. Based on established criteria of a beneficial change in the mini-rhinoconjunctivitis quality of life questionnaire (mRQLQ), individuals with AR were classified as either responders or non-responders. Systemic and mucosal immune gene expression was assessed using nCounter PanCancer Immune Profiling (Nanostring Technologies, Seattle, WA, USA) kit on blood samples and a nasal lysate. There were 414 immune genes in the blood and 312 immune genes in the mucosal samples expressed above the background threshold. Unsupervised hierarchical clustering of immune genes separated responders from non-responders in blood and mucosal samples at baseline and after supplementation, with key T-cell immune genes differentially expressed between the groups. Striking differences in biological processes and pathways were evident in nasal mucosa but not blood in responders compared to non-responders. These findings support the use of network approaches to understand probiotic-induced changes to the immune system.

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AdultBiomarkers, PharmacologicalFemaleGene ExpressionGene Expression ProfilingHumansMaleMicroarray AnalysisMiddle AgedNasal MucosaProbioticsQuality of LifeRhinitis, AllergicRhinitis, Allergic, SeasonalSurveys and QuestionnairesBiomarkers, Pharmacologicalallergic rhinitisimmunoinformaticsmucosal immunologynanostringnon-respondersprobioticsresponders

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PMID31690037
PMCPMC6896104

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