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ArticleGut pathogens2025

Thomasclavelia ramosa and alcohol-related hepatocellular carcinoma: a microbial culturomics study.

Reham Magdy Wasfy, Anissa Abdoulaye, Patrick Borentain, Babacar Mbaye, Maryam Tidjani Alou, Aurelia Caputo, Claudia Andrieu, Giovanna Mottola, Anthony Levasseur, Matthieu Million and 1 more

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Article in Gut pathogens, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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11 authors.

Reham Magdy WasfyIHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
Anissa AbdoulayeIHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
Patrick BorentainUnité hépatologie, Hôpital de la Timone, Marseille, France.
Babacar MbayeIHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
Maryam Tidjani AlouIHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
Aurelia CaputoAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Marseille, France.
Claudia AndrieuAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Marseille (APHM), Marseille, France.
Giovanna MottolaLaboratoire de Biochimie, Hôpital de la Timone, APHM, Marseille, 13005, France.
Anthony LevasseurIHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
Matthieu Million *IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France. matthieumillion@gmail.com.
Rene Gerolami *IHU Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.

Funding

ANR "Investissements d'avenir", Méditerranée Infection 10-IAHU-03. ANR-15-CE36-0004-01
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGut microbiota alteration is implicated in the pathogenesis of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and associated hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). No study has characterized the dysbiosis associated with ALD by microbial culturomics, which certifies viability and allows pathobiont strain candidates to be characterized.

methodsA case-control study (n = 59) was conducted on patients with ALD without HCC (ALD-NoHCC, n = 16), ALD with HCC (ALD-HCC, n = 19) and controls (n = 24) groups. 16 S rRNA amplicon sequencing and microbial culturomics were used as complementary methods for gut microbiome profiling.

resultsCompared to the control group, Thomasclavelia ramosa and Gemmiger formicilis were significantly increased in the ALD-HCC group and Mediterraneibacter gnavus was significantly increased in the ALD-NoHCC group using 16 S rRNA sequencing. By microbial culturomics, T. ramosa was detected in all ALD samples (100%), and the most enriched since cultivated in only a small proportion of controls (20%, p < 0.001).

conclusionsT. ramosa, identified by culturomics and 16 rRNA sequencing, may be associated with ALD and ALD-HCC. These results highlight the potential role of T. ramosa in liver cancer, in line with its genotoxic properties and its tumor growth-promoting effect in gnotobiotic mice recently reported.

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16S rRNA sequencingAlcohol-related liver diseaseCancerEnterocloster bolteaeGut microbiomeHepatocellular carcinomaMediterraneibacter gnavusMicrobial culturomicsThomasclavelia ramosa

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PMID40336003
PMCPMC12057272

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