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Gut Microbiomes of Malawian Twin Pairs Discordant for Kwashiorkor
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Not Just Wasting: Malnutrition is well known in Malawi, including a severe form—kwashiorkor—in which children do not simply waste away, they also suffer edema, liver damage, skin ulceration, and anorexia. Smith et al. (p. 548 ; see the Perspective by Relman ) investigated the microbiota of pairs of twins in Malawian villages and found notable differences in the composition of the gut microbiota in children with kwashiorkor. In these children, a bacterial species related to Desulfovibrio , which has been associated with bowel disease and inflammation, was noticeable. When the fecal flora from either the healthy or the sick twin was transplanted into groups of germ-free mice, the mice that received the kwashiorkor sample started to lose weight, like their human counterpart.
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“Seminal studies using germ‐free mice confirmed the role of the gut microbiome in a number of diseases, including obesity,47 Kwashiorkor,48 and autism‐spectrum disorder,49 by inducing disease features in recipient animals following transfer of a patient‐associated microbiome.”
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“Importantly, animal data further suggest that this “fasting” microbiome also contributes to malnourishment in the host, as a microbial transplant from individuals with Kwashiorkor (a form of severe protein-energy malnutrition) induced weight loss and altered protein and carbohydrate metabolism in the recipient mice [77].”
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“Transfer of fecal samples from undernourished children to GF mice elicited metabolic and immune dysregulations in the mouse model similar to those observed in the human host, suggesting that the manifestations of malnutrition could in part be attributed to the absence of certain beneficial microbes (280).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Smith, M. I., Yatsunenko, T., Manary, M. J., Trehan, I., Mkakosya, R., Cheng, J., Kau, A. L., Rich, S. S., Concannon, P., Mychaleckyj, J. C., Liu, J., Houpt, E., Li, J. V., Holmes, E., Nicholson, J., Knights, D., Ursell, L. K., Knight, R., & Gordon, J. I.
- Affiliations
- Washington University in St. Louis (US)
- University of Malawi (MW)
- University of Virginia (US)
- Imperial College London (GB)
- University of Colorado Boulder (US)
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Smith, Michelle I.
- Yatsunenko, Tanya
- Gordon, Jeffrey I.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 2013-02
- Volume
- 339
- Issue
- 6119
- Pages
- 548-554
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- PMC
- PMC3667500
- OpenAlex
- W2097478615
- Cited by
- 1,173
- References
- 48
- Citations by year
- 2026: 40 · 2025: 49 · 2024: 67 · 2023: 73 · 2022: 66 · 2021: 71 · 2020: 101 · 2019: 82 · 2018: 101 · 2017: 92 · 2016: 126 · 2015: 105 · 2014: 119 · 2013: 77
- FWCI
- 63.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- europepmc.org
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Spiral (Imperial College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM008759, T32GM142607)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (R37DK030292, DK-30292, DK078669, P01DK078669, T35DK074375, R01DK030292)
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (T32HD049338)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Infant Nutrition and Health
- Keywords
- kwashiorkor, gut microbiota, acute malnutrition, discordant twins, ready-to-use therapeutic food, microbial transplantation, gnotobiotic mice, infant nutrition, Malawi, microbial metabolic functions, weight loss
- MeSH terms
- Amino Acids, Animals, Child, Preschool, Diseases in Twins, Feces, Female, Germ-Free Life, Humans, Infant, Kwashiorkor, Longitudinal Studies, Malawi, Male, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Arachis, Gastrointestinal Tract, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Mice, Metagenome
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