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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Fecal Microbiota Transplantation May Represent a Good Approach for Patients with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: A Brief Report.

Wenqiang Zhi, Xiaoli Yuan, Wenzhu Song, Guorong Jin, Yafeng Li

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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  3. Microbiota-gut-kidney axis in health and renal disease.International journal of biological sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wenqiang ZhiDepartment of Nephrology, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital (Fifth Hospital) of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030012, China.ORCID 0000-0002-6705-0155
Xiaoli YuanDepartment of Nephrology, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital (Fifth Hospital) of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030012, China.
Wenzhu SongSchool of Public Health, Shanxi Medical University, No.56 Xinjian South Road, Taiyuan 030001, China.
Guorong JinCore Laboratory, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital (Fifth Hospital) of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030012, China.
Yafeng LiDepartment of Nephrology, Shanxi Provincial People's Hospital (Fifth Hospital) of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan 030012, China.ORCID 0000-0002-7500-0959
Shanxi Medical University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China, Gut microbiota promotes IgAN through CASP-1/IL-1β-driven increased intestinal permeability 82170716
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is the first report of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in patients with chronic kidney disease. The patient was subjected to focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), with onset in April 2021. The main manifestation featured abnormal renal function and no proteinuria at the level of nephrotic syndrome. In May 2021, she showed biopsy-proven FSGS and was treated with glucocorticoid. However, after glucocorticoid reduction, the patient's serum creatinine increased again, so she adjusted the dosage and continued use until now. In April 2022, the patient was prescribed the FMT capsules. After FMT, the renal function remained stable, urinary protein decreased, reaching the clinical standard of complete remission, and there was no recurrence after glucocorticoid reduction. Furthermore, the patient showed significantly decreased hyperlipidemia, triglyceride (TG) and cholesterol (CHO) after FMT. During FMT, the level of cytokines fluctuated slightly, but returned to the pre-transplantation level after three months. From this, we conclude that FMT is a potential adjuvant therapy for FSGS, and patients can benefit from improving renal function and dyslipidemia.

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brief reportchronic kidney diseasefecal microbiota transplantationfocal segmental glomerulosclerosistreatment

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PMID36431177
PMCPMC9697655
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