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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2025

From gut to joint: the protective impact of

Xiaoyang Liu, Ruihe Wu, Yuxin Fan, Kaili Qin, Baochen Li, Xiaofeng Li, Chong Gao, Caihong Wang

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Xiaoyang LiuDepartment of Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Ruihe WuDepartment of Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Yuxin FanDepartment of Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Kaili QinDepartment of Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Baochen LiDepartment of Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Xiaofeng LiDepartment of Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.
Chong GaoDepartment of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Children's Hospital Boston, Joint Program in Transfusion Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Caihong WangDepartment of Rheumatology, The Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical University, Taiyuan, Shanxi, China.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease with a complex and diverse etiology. The onset of RA is closely associated with intestinal flora, which is essential for immune regulation. Methods: Fecal samples of 22 healthy controls and 38 patients with newly diagnosed RA were used for performing 16S rRNA sequencing, microbiota diversity assessment, and functional enrichment analysis. Through integrative analysis of random forest feature selection and bidirectional Mendelian randomization (MR), Results: The beta diversity of the intestinal flora exhibited significant differences between RA patients and healthy controls (HC). Functional enrichment analysis revealed that RA patients' intestinal microbiota functions were enriched in pathways like genetic information processing and material metabolism. Further random forest model revealed Conclusion: The study demonstrates that

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Arthritis, RheumatoidEubacteriumGastrointestinal MicrobiomeJointsProbioticsAdultAnimalsArthritis, ExperimentalDisease Models, AnimalFecesFemaleHumansMaleMetabolomicsMiceMiddle AgedRNA, Ribosomal, 16Sautoimmune diseaseEubacterium rectaleimmune regulationintestinal florarheumatoid arthritis

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PMCPMC12331731

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