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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2026

Metagenomic characterization of gut microbiota in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease: taxonomic shifts and clinical correlations.

Ran Fan, Qifeng Zang, Yan Xu, Ling Gao, Jun Zhou, Yinshan Zang

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ran Fan *Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Jiangsu Province (Suqian) Hospital, Suqian, Jiangsu, China.
Qifeng Zang *School of Life Sciences, Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu, Anhui, China.
Yan XuDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Jiangsu Province (Suqian) Hospital, Suqian, Jiangsu, China.
Ling GaoDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Suqian First Hospital, Suqian, Jiangsu, China.
Jun ZhouDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Suqian First Hospital, Suqian, Jiangsu, China.
Yinshan ZangDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, Jiangsu Province (Suqian) Hospital, Suqian, Jiangsu, China.

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Background: Rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) is a severe extra-articular manifestation with limited diagnostic biomarkers. While gut microbiota dysbiosis contributes to rheumatoid arthritis (RA) pathogenesis, its specific role in RA-ILD remains poorly characterized. Methods: We performed shotgun metagenomic sequencing on fecal samples from 41 participants: 10 RA-ILD patients, 20 RA patients without ILD (RA-non-ILD), and 11 healthy controls (HCs). We assessed alpha and beta diversity, differential abundance (Wilcoxon rank-sum tests with FDR correction), Spearman correlations with clinical parameters, microbial co-occurrence networks, and random forest classification. Results: Alpha and beta diversity did not differ significantly among groups. After FDR correction, no genus differed significantly between RA-ILD and RA-non-ILD. Exploratory analysis (uncorrected Conclusions: RA-ILD is associated with specific gut microbial alterations-notably

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Arthritis, RheumatoidBacteriaGastrointestinal MicrobiomeLung Diseases, InterstitialMetagenomeMetagenomicsAgedDysbiosisFecesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedEscherichia/Shigellafaecalibacteriumgut-lung axisgut microbiomeinterstitial lung diseasemetagenomicsrheumatoid arthritis

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