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Alterations of the Gut Microbiome in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection Associated with Alanine Aminotransferase Level
- Title
- Alterations of the Gut Microbiome in Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection Associated with Alanine Aminotransferase Level
- Authors
- Yun, Yeojun; Chang, Yoosoo; Kim, Han-Na; Ryu, Seungho; Kwon, Min-Jung; Cho, Yong Kyun; Kim, Hyung-Lae; Cheong, Hae Suk; Joo, Eun-Jeong
- Ewha Authors
- 김형래
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 김형래
- Issue Date
- 2019
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
- ISSN
- 2077-0383
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE vol. 8, no. 2
- Keywords
- hepatitis B virus; gut microbiome; Megasphaera
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Indexed
- SCIE; SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- The changes in the gut microbiota of healthy hepatitis B virus (HBV) carriers, including asymptomatic and non-cirrhotic subjects, have been rarely scrutinized. From 1463 faecal samples in health examinees, in total 112 subjects, including 36 hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg)-positive and 76 control subjects, were included. Twenty-eight of 36 HBsAg-positive individuals (78%) showed normal alanine aminotransferase (ALT) levels (normal ALT group), whereas eight subjects exhibited elevated ALT levels (22%, high ALT group). By using 16S rRNA gene sequencing, the distance between normal and high ALT groups among HBsAg-positive subjects showed a significant separation after the pairwise comparison of weighted UniFrac distance (permutational analysis of variance q-value = 0.039), when compared with the distances to the control group. In comparison with the control group, the normal ALT group had Anaerostipes as a significant taxon that showed a positive association (Coefficient (Coef.) = 0.028, q = 0.039). Desulfovibrio (Coef. = 0.54, q = 0.014) and Megasphaera (Coef. = 1.41, q = 0.030) showed positive correlations, and Acidaminococcus (Coef. = -1.31, q = 4.15 x 10(-75)) exhibited a negative correlation with high ALT level. Gut microbial composition was different according to HBV-induced serum ALT levels, indicative of a potential link between gut and liver metabolism.
- DOI
- 10.3390/jcm8020173
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- 의과대학 > 의학과 > Journal papers
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