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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2022

Traditional Chinese medicine improves myasthenia gravis by regulating the symbiotic homeostasis of the intestinal microbiota and host.

Mingli Zhao, Li Liu, Fanzhao Liu, Lei Liu, Zhijuan Liu, Yanli Gao, Jianxi Cao

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mingli ZhaoDepartment of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China.
Li LiuDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Henan Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China.
Fanzhao LiuDepartment of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China.
Lei LiuDepartment of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China.
Zhijuan LiuDepartment of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China.
Yanli GaoDepartment of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China.
Jianxi CaoDepartment of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNZhengzhou City Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune disease caused by autoantibodies that is dependent on T-cell immunity and complement participation and mainly involves neuromuscular junctions. In this study, 30 patients with myasthenia gravis were selected and divided into pretreatment (Case group) and posttreatment (Treatment group) and 30 healthy volunteers (CON group) were included. Among them, the treatment group was treated with Modified Buzhong Yiqi Decoction (MBZYQD), and the levels of antibodies such as AChR, Musk and Titin in blood and intestinal microbiota were compared before treatment (Case group), after treatment (Treatment group) and in healthy volunteers (CON group). The results showed that after treatment with MBZYQD, the antibody levels of AChR, MuSK, and Titin and the inflammatory factor level of IL-6, IL-1β, and IL-22 in MG patients decreased significantly and nearly returned to a healthy level. In addition, after treatment with MBZYQD, the diversity, structure and function of intestinal microorganisms in MG patients also recovered to a healthy level. At the phylum level, the relative abundance of Proteobacteria in the Case group increased significantly, accompanied by a significant decrease in the relative abundance of Bacteroides compared with that in the CON group, the relative abundance of Proteobacteria and Bacteroides in the Treatment group was similar to that in the CON group. At the genus level, the relative abundance of

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immunological functionintestinal microbiotamyasthenia gravisSCFAstraditional Chinese medicine

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