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Alterations of the human gut microbiome in multiple sclerosis

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Jangi, Sushrut, Gandhi, Roopali, Cox, Laura M., Li, Ning, von Glehn, Felipe, Yan, Raymond, Patel, Bonny, Mazzola, Maria Antonietta +17 more·2016·Nature Communications

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The gut microbiome plays an important role in immune function and has been implicated in several autoimmune disorders. Here we use 16S rRNA sequencing to investigate the gut microbiome in subjects with multiple sclerosis (MS, n =60) and healthy controls ( n =43). Microbiome alterations in MS include increases in Methanobrevibacter and Akkermansia and decreases in Butyricimonas , and correlate with variations in the expression of genes involved in dendritic cell maturation, interferon signalling and NF-kB signalling pathways in circulating T cells and monocytes. Patients on disease-modifying treatment show increased abundances of Prevotella and Sutterella , and decreased Sarcina , compared with untreated patients. MS patients of a second cohort show elevated breath methane compared with controls, consistent with our observation of increased gut Methanobrevibacter in MS in the first cohort. Further study is required to assess whether the observed alterations in the gut microbiome play a role in, or are a consequence of, MS pathogenesis.

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Jangi, S., Gandhi, R., Cox, L. M., Li, N., von Glehn, F., Yan, R., Patel, B., Mazzola, M. A., Liu, S., Glanz, B. L., Cook, S., Tankou, S., Stuart, F., Melo, K., Nejad, P., Smith, K., Topçuolu, B. D., Holden, J., Kivisäkk, P., Chitnis, T., De Jager, P. L., Quintana, F. J., Gerber, G. K., Bry, L., & Weiner, H. L.
Affiliations
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
  • University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
Corresponding author
Weiner, Howard L.
Venue
Nature Communications
Published
2016-06-28
Volume
7
Issue
1
Pages
12015-12015
ISSN
2041-1723 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2461853012
Cited by
1,307
References
69
Citations by year
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FWCI
56.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Nature Communications (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard (DASH) (Harvard University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • Brigham and Women's Hospital (NS087226)
  • Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • National Institutes of Health (DK034854)
  • Harvard Digestive Diseases Center, Harvard University (DK034854)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI126880)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK034854)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R01NS087226, R21NS087867)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pathology and Forensic Medicine › Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Keywords
multiple sclerosis, gut microbiota, Methanobrevibacter, Akkermansia, Butyricimonas, Prevotella, Sutterella, Sarcina, breath methane, dendritic cell maturation, interferon signaling, NF-κB signaling, disease-modifying therapy, peripheral blood T cells, monocytes, autoimmune disease
MeSH terms
Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Adult, Breath Tests, Female, Genes, Bacterial, Humans, Male, Methane, Middle Aged, Monocytes, Phylogeny, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, T-Lymphocytes, Case-Control Studies, Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting, Immunomodulation

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