A Decrease in Functional Microbiomes Represented As Affects Immune Homeostasis in Long-term Stable Liver Transplant Patients

Overview

Journal Gut Microbes

Specialties Gastroenterology
Microbiology

Date 2022 Aug 11

PMID 35951731

Authors

Soon Kyu Lee

JooYeon Jhun

Seung Yoon Lee

Sukjung Choi

Sun Shim Choi

Myeong Soo Park

Seon-Young Lee

Keun-Hyung Cho

A Ram Lee

Joseph Ahn

Ho Joong Choi

Young Kyoung You

Pil Soo Sung

Jeong Won Jang

Si Hyun Bae

Seung Kew Yoon

Mi-La Cho

Jong Young Choi

Affiliations

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Abstract

LT, liver transplantation; HCC, hepatocellular carcinoma; IS, immunosuppressants; DC, dendritic cells; Treg, regulatory T; Th17, T helper 17; AST, aspartate transaminase; ALT, alanine transaminase; OUT, operational taxonomic unit; LEfSe, linear discriminant analysis effect size; LDA, linear discriminant analysis; IL, interleukin; TGF, transforming growth factor; GM-CSF, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor; IFN, interferon; TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor-α; MIP-1α, macrophage inflammatory protein-1α; IP-10, interferon γ-induced protein; MCP-1, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1; ACR, acute cellular rejection; NF-κB, nuclear factor κB; PT INR, prothrombin time; QC, quality check; PBMC, peripheral blood mononuclear cells; PBS, phosphate-buffered saline; ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

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