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ArticleJournal of neonatal-perinatal medicine2025

Distinct microbiota profiles in non-survivors in preterm infants with surgical necrotizing enterocolitis: Insights from FFPE intestinal tissue analysis.

Pengbo Zhang, Padma P Garg, Liang Liu, Wei Zhang, Kylie Kavanagh, Avinash Shetty, Tim Howard, Neha Varshney, David Sawaya, Greg Hawkins and 2 more

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Pengbo ZhangCenter for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
Padma P GargDepartment of Pediatrics/Neonatology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
Liang LiuCenter for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
Wei ZhangCenter for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
Kylie KavanaghDepartment of Pathology, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
Avinash ShettyDepartment of Pediatrics/Infectious Disease, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4575-8996
Tim HowardCenter for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
Neha VarshneyDepartment of Pediatrics/Infectious Disease, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4065-1521
David SawayaDepartment of Pediatric Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, USA.
Greg HawkinsCenter for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.
Drew J SchwartzDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1568-7733
Parvesh Mohan GargCenter for Precision Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5949-7304

Funding

Tracking and Evaluation CoreU54GM115428 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CTR · PI MASON, SARAH · 2016 to 2025
$38.2M
Antibiotic disruption of the gut microbiome and immune response in neonatal late-onset sepsisK08AI159384 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI SCHWARTZ, DREW JOEL · 2021 to 2025
$785k
NIAID NIH HHS K08 AI159384NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM115428
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BackgroundThe variant microbiome is associated with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). We aimed to analyze remnant formalin fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) intestine tissue for microbiome profiling in preterm infants with surgical NEC.MethodsWe analyzed FFPE small intestine tissues from 16 infants with NEC (8 survivors and 8 non-survivors). Extracted DNA from FFPE tissue blocks underwent 16S rRNA sequencing. We compared the microbiota profiles in survivors and non-survivors. Alpha- and beta diversity metrics were calculated using QIIME2. To assess differences in overall microbial community structure, we performed a Permutational Multivariate Analysis of Variance (PERMANOVA). The analysis was performed in MaAsLin2 R package to determine the specific microbial taxa whose relative abundances were significantly associated with survival status in a multivariable linear model.ResultsSequencing of FFPE extracted DNA resulted in high-quality sequence reads in 16 cases.AnalysisAnalysis of microbial communities from 16 cases revealed a significant association between microbiome structure and survival status. Beta diversity analysis demonstrated distinct clustering of microbiome profiles between survivor and non-survivor groups. Alpha diversity metrics further characterized these differences: the non-survivor group exhibited a more complex and even microbiota (Shannon entropy,

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Enterocolitis, NecrotizingGastrointestinal MicrobiomeInfant, Premature, DiseasesIntestine, SmallFemaleHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureMaleRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRNA, Ribosomal, 16Sintestinal tissuemicrobiomemortalityNECPreterm infant

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PMID40556262
PMCPMC12290843

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