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ArticleScientific reports2020

Salivary microbiome composition changes after bariatric surgery.

Mária Džunková, Róbert Lipták, Barbora Vlková, Roman Gardlík, Michal Čierny, Andrés Moya, Peter Celec

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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17citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Mária DžunkováDepartment of Energy Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA. dzunkovam@gmail.com.
Róbert LiptákInstitute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Barbora VlkováInstitute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Roman GardlíkInstitute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
Michal ČiernyDepartment of Bariatric Surgery, Břeclav Hospital, Břeclav, Czech Republic.
Andrés MoyaDepartment of Genomics and Health, Foundation for the Promotion of Sanitary and Biomedical Research of Valencian Community (FISABIO-Public Health), Valencia, Spain. andres.moya@uv.es.
Peter CelecInstitute of Molecular Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. petercelec@gmail.com.
Comenius University Bratislava · SKConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ESLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · USNemocnice Břeclav · CZ

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies show that the salivary microbiome in subjects with obesity differ from those without obesity, but the mechanism of interaction between the salivary microbiome composition and body weight is unclear. Herein we investigate this relation by analyzing saliva samples from 35 adult patients with obesity undergoing bariatric surgery. Our aim was to describe salivary microbiome changes during body weight loss on an individual-specific level, and to elucidate the effect of bariatric surgery on the salivary microbiome which has not been studied before. Analysis of samples collected before and 1 day after surgery, as well as 3 and 12 months after surgery, showed that the salivary microbiome changed in all study participants, but these changes were heterogeneous. In the majority of participants proportions of Gemella species, Granulicatella elegans, Porphyromonas pasteri, Prevotella nanceiensis and Streptococcus oralis decreased, while Veillonella species, Megasphaera micronuciformis and Prevotella saliva increased. Nevertheless, we found participants deviating from this general trend which suggests that a variety of individual-specific factors influence the salivary microbiome composition more effectively than the body weight dynamics alone. The observed microbiome alternations could be related to dietary changes. Therefore, further studies should focus on association with altered taste preferences and potential oral health consequences.

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MetagenomeMicrobiotaAdultBacteriaBariatric SurgeryFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedObesityRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSalivaRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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PMCPMC7674438
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