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Multiple sclerosis patients have a distinct gut microbiota compared to healthy controls

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Chen, Jun, Chia, Nicholas, Kalari, Krishna R., Yao, Janet Z., Novotna, Martina, Paz Soldan, M. Mateo, Luckey, David H., Marietta, Eric V. +8 more·2016·Scientific Reports

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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated disease, the etiology of which involves both genetic and environmental factors. The exact nature of the environmental factors responsible for predisposition to MS remains elusive; however, it’s hypothesized that gastrointestinal microbiota might play an important role in pathogenesis of MS. Therefore, this study was designed to investigate whether gut microbiota are altered in MS by comparing the fecal microbiota in relapsing remitting MS (RRMS) (n = 31) patients to that of age- and gender-matched healthy controls (n = 36). Phylotype profiles of the gut microbial populations were generated using hypervariable tag sequencing of the V3–V5 region of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene. Detailed fecal microbiome analyses revealed that MS patients had distinct microbial community profile compared to healthy controls. We observed an increased abundance of Psuedomonas, Mycoplana, Haemophilus, Blautia, and Dorea genera in MS patients, whereas control group showed increased abundance of Parabacteroides, Adlercreutzia and Prevotella genera. Thus our study is consistent with the hypothesis that MS patients have gut microbial dysbiosis and further study is needed to better understand their role in the etiopathogenesis of MS.

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Chen, J., Chia, N., Kalari, K. R., Yao, J. Z., Novotna, M., Paz Soldan, M. M., Luckey, D. H., Marietta, E. V., Jeraldo, P. R., Chen, X., Weinshenker, B. G., Rodriguez, M., Kantarci, O. H., Nelson, H., Murray, J. A., & Mangalam, A. K.
Affiliations
  • Mayo Clinic (US)
  • University of Iowa (US)
Corresponding author
Mangalam, Ashutosh K.
Venue
Scientific Reports
Published
2016-06-27
Volume
6
Issue
1
Pages
28484-28484
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2461582275
Cited by
933
References
32
Citations by year
2026: 35 · 2025: 74 · 2024: 122 · 2023: 81 · 2022: 106 · 2021: 138 · 2020: 109 · 2019: 98 · 2018: 82 · 2017: 77 · 2016: 9
FWCI
45.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Iowa Research Online (The University of Iowa) (submittedVersion)
  • Iowa Research Online (University of Iowa) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • Mayo Clinic
  • Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic
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, relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, gut microbiota, fecal microbiota, dysbiosis, microbial community composition, 16S rRNA gene sequencing, Haemophilus, Blautia, Dorea, Parabacteroides, Adlercreutzia, Prevotella, environmental risk factors, disease etiopathogenesis
MeSH terms
Gastrointestinal Microbiome, Adult, Female, Humans, Male, Multiple Sclerosis, RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, Gastrointestinal Tract, Microbiota, Dysbiosis

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