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ArticleMicroorganisms2021

A Comparative Pilot Study of Bacterial and Fungal Dysbiosis in Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Gastrointestinal Disorders: Commonalities, Specificities and Correlations with Lifestyle.

Ibrahim Laswi, Ameena Shafiq, Dana Al-Ali, Zain Burney, Krishnadev Pillai, Mohammad Salameh, Nada Mhaimeed, Dalia Zakaria, Ali Chaari, Noha A Yousri and 1 more

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Article in Microorganisms, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 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

11 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Ibrahim LaswiPremedical Education Department, Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, Doha 24144, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-2642-1834
Ameena ShafiqPremedical Education Department, Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, Doha 24144, Qatar.
Dana Al-AliPremedical Education Department, Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, Doha 24144, Qatar.
Zain BurneyPremedical Education Department, Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, Doha 24144, Qatar.
Krishnadev PillaiPremedical Education Department, Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, Doha 24144, Qatar.
Mohammad SalamehPremedical Education Department, Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, Doha 24144, Qatar.
Nada MhaimeedPremedical Education Department, Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, Doha 24144, Qatar.
Dalia ZakariaPremedical Education Department, Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, Doha 24144, Qatar.
Ali ChaariPremedical Education Department, Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, Doha 24144, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-0171-143X
Noha A YousriResearch Department, Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, Doha 24144, Qatar.
Ghizlane BendrissPremedical Education Department, Weill Cornell Medicine Qatar, Doha 24144, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0001-5691-0095
Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar · QA

Funding

Qatar National Research Fund 5727002821
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gastrointestinal disorders (GIDs) are a common comorbidity in patients with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs), while anxiety-like behaviors are common among patients with gastrointestinal diseases. It is still unclear as to which microbes differentiate these two groups. This pilot study aims at proposing an answer by exploring both the bacteriome and the mycobiome in a cohort of 55 volunteers with NDD, GID or controls, while accounting for additional variables that are not commonly included such as probiotic intake and diet. Recruited participants answered a questionnaire and provided a stool sample using the Fisherbrand collection kit. Bacterial and fungal DNA was extracted using the Qiagen Stool minikit. Sequencing (16sRNA and ITS) and phylogenetic analyses were performed using the PE300 Illumina Miseq v3 sequencing. Statistical analysis was performed using the R package. Results showed a significant decrease in bacterial alpha diversity in both NDD and GID, but an increased fungal alpha diversity in NDD. Data pointed at a significant bacterial dysbiosis between the three groups, but the mycobiome dysbiosis is more pronounced in NDD than in GID. Fungi seem to be more affected by probiotics, diet and antibiotic exposure and are proposed to be the main key player in differentiation between NDD and GID dybiosis.

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bacteriomedysbiosisgastrointestinal disordersmicrobiomemycobiomeneurodevelopmental disorders

Identifiers

PMID33918112
PMCPMC8065742
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