Intestinal dysbiosis associated with systemic lupus erythematosus

mBio

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Hevia, Arancha ^a   Milani, Christian ^b   López, Patricia ^c   Cuervo, Adriana ^c   Arboleya, Silvia ^a   Duranti, Sabrina ^b   Turroni, Francesca ^b,d   González, Sonia ^c   Suárez, Ana ^c   Gueimonde, Miguel ^a   Ventura, Marco ^c   Sánchez, Borja ^a,e   Margolles, Abelardo ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA ANTIBODY; RNA 16S; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTEROIDES; BIOINFORMATICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROPATHY; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FIRMICUTES; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN METABOLISM; HUMAN; INTESTINAL DYSBIOSIS; MALE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RNA GENE; SHANNON INDEX; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; BACTEROIDETES; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; COMPLICATION; DIETARY FIBER; DYSBIOSIS; FECES; GENETICS; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIFESTYLE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ADULT; BACTEROIDETES; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY PROTEINS; DYSBIOSIS; ENERGY INTAKE; FECES; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LIFE STYLE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MALE; MICROBIOTA; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84908425997     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.01548-14     Document Type: Article

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