Taxonomic and Functional Dysregulation in Salivary Microbiomes During Oral Carcinogenesis
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2021 Exploring microbial community compositions in humans with healthy versus diseased states is crucial to understand the microbe-host interplay associated with the disease progression.
Jiung-Wen Chen +6 more
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Neutrophil extracellular traps are associated with disease severity and microbiota diversity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) have been observed in the airway in COPD, but their clinical and pathophysiological implications have not been defined.OBJECTIVE: To determine if NETs are associated with disease severity in COPD, and how
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Inherent bacterial DNA contamination of extraction and sequencing reagents may affect interpretation of microbiota in low bacterial biomass samples [PDF]
, 2016 Additional file 1: Table S1. Taxonomic listing of all bacterial genera and species detected as contaminants of DNA extraction and processing kits in the present study and previously ...
Angela Glassing +4 more
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Frontiers in MicrobiologyBackgroundObservational studies and animal experiments suggested potential relevance between gut microbiota (GM) and cervical cancer (CC), but the relevance of this association remains to be clarified.MethodsWe performed a two-sample bidirectional ...
Hua Yang
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Seminal Microbiota of Idiopathic Infertile Patients and Its Relationship With Sperm DNA Integrity
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology, 2022 The development of new biomarkers for human male infertility is crucial to improve the diagnosis and the prognosis of this disease. Recently, seminal microbiota was shown to be related to sperm quality parameters, suggesting an effect in human fertility ...
Sergio Garcia-Segura +15 more
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Interspecific variations in the gastrointestinal microbiota in penguins [PDF]
, 2013 Despite the enormous amount of data available on the importance of the gastrointestinal (GI) microbiota in vertebrate (especially mammals), information on the GI microbiota of seabirds remains incomplete.
Apajalahti J. +6 more
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Bifidobacterial Dominance of the Gut in Early Life and Acquisition of Antimicrobial Resistance. [PDF]
, 2018 Bifidobacterium species are important commensals capable of dominating the infant gut microbiome, in part by producing acids that suppress growth of other taxa.
Ahmad, SM +7 more
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High throughput DNA sequencing to detect differences in the subgingival plaque microbiome in elderly subjects with and without dementia [PDF]
, 2012 BACKGROUND: To investigate the potential association between oral health and cognitive function, a pilot study was conducted to evaluate high throughput DNA sequencing of the V3 region of the 16S ribosomal RNA gene for determining the relative abundance ...
Andrew F Cockburn +9 more
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Altered gut microbiota and short chain fatty acids in Chinese children with autism spectrum disorder
Scientific Reports, 2019 Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder that is characterized by impairments in social interactions and communication, restricted interests and repetitive behaviors. Several studies report a high prevalence of gastrointestinal (GI)
Simeng Liu +10 more
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The human urinary microbiome; bacterial DNA in voided urine of asymptomatic adults [PDF]
, 2013 The urinary microbiome of healthy individuals and the way it alters with ageing have not been characterised and may influence disease processes. Conventional microbiological methods have limited scope to capture the full spectrum of urinary bacterial ...
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