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ArticleFrontiers in endocrinology2021

Gut Microbiota of Chinese Obese Children and Adolescents With and Without Insulin Resistance.

Xin Yuan, Ruimin Chen, Ying Zhang, Xiangquan Lin, Xiaohong Yang, Kenneth L McCormick

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Article in Frontiers in endocrinology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Xin YuanDepartment of Endocrinology, Genetics and Metabolism, Fuzhou Children's Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Ruimin ChenDepartment of Endocrinology, Genetics and Metabolism, Fuzhou Children's Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Ying ZhangDepartment of Endocrinology, Genetics and Metabolism, Fuzhou Children's Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Xiangquan LinDepartment of Endocrinology, Genetics and Metabolism, Fuzhou Children's Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Xiaohong YangDepartment of Endocrinology, Genetics and Metabolism, Fuzhou Children's Hospital of Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China.
Kenneth L McCormickDivision of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States.
Fujian Medical University · CNUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: The intestinal flora of gut microbiota in obese Chinese children and adolescents with and without insulin resistance (IR) was analyzed, as well as associations between the gut microbiota and two serum cytokines related to glucose metabolism, adropin and angiopoietin-like 4 (ANGPTL4). Methods: Clinical data, fecal bacterial composition, glucose-related hormones, and serum adipokines (adropin and ANGPTL4) were analyzed in 65 Chinese children with exogenous obesity. The composition of the gut microbiota was determined by 16S rRNA-based metagenomics and IR was calculated using the homeostasis model assessment (HOMA). Results: The 65 obese subjects were divided into two groups: insulin sensitive (IS) (n=40, 57.5% males) or IR (n=25, 60% males). Principal coordinates analysis revealed that the gut microbiota samples from the IS group clustered together and separated partly from the IR group (p=0.008). By Mann-Whitney Conclusion: In obese children, the gut microbiome in IR subjects was significantly discordant from the IS subjects, and the abundance of some metabolism-related bacteria correlated with the serum concentrations of adropin and ANGPTL4. These observations infer that the gut microbiota may be involved in the regulation of glucose metabolism in obesity.

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeInsulin ResistanceAdolescentAngiopoietin-Like Protein 4BacteriaChildChinaCross-Sectional StudiesCytokinesDietFecesFemaleGenomicsGlucoseHumansMaleAngiopoietin-Like Protein 4ANGPTL4 protein, humanCytokinesGlucoseRNA, Ribosomal, 16SANGPTL4childrengut microbiotainsulin resistanceobesity

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PMID33815293
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