机构:[1]Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China临床科室内分泌科首都医科大学附属北京同仁医院首都医科大学附属同仁医院[2]Department of Mathematics, School of Biomedical Engineering, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China[3]Department of Emergency, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China临床科室急诊科首都医科大学附属北京同仁医院首都医科大学附属同仁医院
Background and Objective. A previous study reported alterations in the intestinal microbiota in patients with Graves' orbitopathy (GO). Thyrotropin receptor autoantibody (TRAb) stimulates orbital and periorbital tissues and plays a pivotal role in the development of GO. However, the association between gut microbiota and TRAb in GO patients has still remained elusive. In this study, we explored the relationships between gut microbiota and GO-related traits, in which we applied a metabolic-network-driven analysis to identify GO trait-related modules and extracted significant operational taxonomic units (OTUs). Methods. In the present study, we profiled gut microbiota using 16S rRNA gene sequencing in 31 GO patients. We performed metabolic-network-driven analysis to investigate the association between gut microbiota and GO-related traits (e.g., TRAb, TGAb, and TPOAb) in the combination of microbial effects. Results. Applying microbiome network analysis of cooccurrence patterns and analysis of topological properties, we found that s_Prevotella_copri and f_Prevotellaceae showed a significant correlation with TRAb. In particular, we applied the latent class model to explore the association between gut microbiota and GO-related traits in the combination of microbial effects. It was revealed that the subjects involved in the latent class model with the higher abundance of s_Prevotella_copri and g_Bacteroides had a higher TRAb level. Conclusions. Our results revealed the potential relationships between gut microbiota and GO-related traits in the combination of microbial effects. This study may provide a new insight into the interaction between the intestinal microbiota and TRAb-associated immune responses in GO patients.
基金:
THis work was supported by the Beijing Municipal Hospital
Research and Development Program (PX2016063), the
Expert Promotion Program of Beijing Health Systems (2015-
3-017) to Zhong Xin, and the Foundation of Beijing Tongren
Hospital (2015-YJJ-ZZL-006) to Ting-Ting Shi.
第一作者机构:[1]Department of Endocrinology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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推荐引用方式(GB/T 7714):
Shi Ting-Ting,Hua Lin,Wang Hua,et al.The Potential Link between Gut Microbiota and Serum TRAb in Chinese Patients with Severe and Active Graves' Orbitopathy[J].INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY.2019,2019:doi:10.1155/2019/9736968.
APA:
Shi, Ting-Ting,Hua, Lin,Wang, Hua&Xin, Zhong.(2019).The Potential Link between Gut Microbiota and Serum TRAb in Chinese Patients with Severe and Active Graves' Orbitopathy.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY,2019,
MLA:
Shi, Ting-Ting,et al."The Potential Link between Gut Microbiota and Serum TRAb in Chinese Patients with Severe and Active Graves' Orbitopathy".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY 2019.(2019)