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ArticleEuropean journal of medical research2023

The cause and effect of gut microbiota in development of inflammatory disorders of the breast.

Yibo Gu, Muye Hou, Jinyu Chu, Li Wan, Muyi Yang, Jiemiao Shen, Minghui Ji

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Article in European journal of medical research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Investigating the role of inflammatory cytokines in mediating the effect of gut microbiota on gastrointestinal cancers: a mendelian randomization study.Gastric cancer : official journal of the International Gastric Cancer Association and the Japanese Gastric Cancer Association · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yibo GuSchool of Nursing, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, People's Republic of China.
Muye HouSchool of Nursing, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, People's Republic of China.
Jinyu ChuSchool of Nursing, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, People's Republic of China.
Li WanDepartment of Obstetrics, Nanjing Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210006, People's Republic of China.
Muyi YangDepartment of Obstetrics, Nanjing Hospital Affiliated to Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 210006, People's Republic of China. summeryang@126.com.
Jiemiao ShenSchool of Nursing, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, People's Republic of China. jiemiao_shen@163.com.
Minghui JiSchool of Nursing, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, 211166, People's Republic of China. jiminghui@njmu.edu.cn.
Nanjing Medical University · CN

Funding

High School Philosophy and Social Science Research Fund Project, 2019, Jiangsu Province 2020SJA0298Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu province BK20180678
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInflammatory disorders of the breast (IDB) damages the interests of women and children and hinders the progress of global health seriously. Several studies had offered clues between gut microbiota (GM) and inflammatory disorders of the breast (IDB). The gut-mammary gland axis also implied a possible contribution of the GM to IDB. However, the causality between them is still elusive.

methodsThe data of two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) study related to the composition of GM (n = 18,340) and IDB (n = 177,446) were accessed from openly available genome-wide association studies (GWAS) database. As the major analytical method, inverse variance weighted (IVW) was introduced and several sensitive analytical methods were conducted to verify results.

resultsInverse variance weighted revealed Eubacterium rectale group (OR = 1.87, 95% CI: 1.02-3.43, p = 4.20E-02), Olsenella (OR = 1.29, 95% CI: 1.02-1.64, p = 3.30E-02), Ruminiclostridium-6 (OR = 1.53, 95% CI: 1.08-2.14, p = 1.60E-02) had an anti-protective effect on IDB. Peptococcus (OR = 0.75, 95% CI: 0.60-0.94, p = 1.30E-02) had a protective effect on IDB. The results were credible through a series of test.

conclusionsWe revealed causality between IDB and GM taxa, exactly including Ruminiclostridium-6, Eubacterium rectale group, Olsenella and Peptococcus. These genera may become novel biomarkers and supply new viewpoint for probiotic treatment. However, these findings warrant further test owing to the insufficient evidences.

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ActinobacteriaGastrointestinal MicrobiomeProbioticsChildEvidence GapsFemaleGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansCausal reasoningGut microbiotaInflammatory disorders of the breastMendelian randomization study

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