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ArticleFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology2020

Fecal and Serum Metabolomic Signatures and Microbial Community Profiling of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Mice Model.

Kaicheng Wen, Lin Tao, Zhengbo Tao, Yan Meng, Siming Zhou, Jianhua Chen, Keda Yang, Wacili Da, Yue Zhu

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Article in Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

45 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Obesity and lipid metabolism in the development of osteoporosis (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kaicheng WenDepartment of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Lin TaoDepartment of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Zhengbo TaoDepartment of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Yan MengDepartment of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Siming ZhouDepartment of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Jianhua ChenDepartment of Orthopaedics, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Keda YangDepartment of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Wacili DaDepartment of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
Yue ZhuDepartment of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.
China Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Multiple studies have shown that an imbalance in the intestinal microbiota is related to bone metabolism, but the role of the intestinal microbiota in postmenopausal osteoporosis remains to be elucidated. We explored the effect of the intestinal microbiota on osteoporosis. Methods: We constructed a postmenopausal osteoporosis mouse model, and Micro CT was used to observe changes in bone structure. Then, we identified the abundance of intestinal microbiota by 16S RNA sequencing and found that the ratio of Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes increased significantly. UHPLC-MS analysis was further used to analyze changes in metabolites in feces and serum. Results: We identified 53 upregulated and 61 downregulated metabolites in feces and 2 upregulated and 22 downregulated metabolites in serum under OP conditions, and interestedly, one group of bile acids showed significant differences in the OP and control groups. Network analysis also found that these bile acids had a strong relationship with the same family, Eggerthellaceae. Random forest analysis confirmed the effectiveness of the serum and fecal models in distinguishing the OP group from the control group. Conclusions: These results indicated that changes in the gut microbiota and metabolites in feces and serum were responsible for the occurrence and development of postmenopausal osteoporosis. The gut microbiota is a vital inducer of osteoporosis and could regulate the pathogenesis process through the "microbiota-gut-metabolite-bone" axis, and some components of this axis are potential biomarkers, providing a new entry point for the future study on the pathogenesis of postmenopausal osteoporosis.

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeMicrobiotaOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalAnimalsFecesFemaleHumansMetabolomicsMiceRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRNA, Ribosomal, 16Scholic acidgut microbiotametabolomicsmiceosteoporosis

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PMID33330117
PMCPMC7728697
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