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ArticleMicrobiology spectrum2025

Gut microbiota links to histological damage in chronic HBV infection patients and aggravates fibrosis via fecal microbiota transplantation in mice.

Fengjiao Wang, Yechen Wu, Jiali Ni, Qianhan Xie, Jian Shen, Hui Chen, Chengyu Ma, Yuanyuan Yao, Jinzhi Wang, Lvwan Xu and 4 more

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Article in Microbiology spectrum, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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14 authors.

Fengjiao Wang *Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China.
Yechen Wu *Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China.
Jiali NiState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Qianhan XieState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0009-0000-2255-9866
Jian ShenCancer Center, Department of Gastroenterology, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital (Affiliated People's Hospital), Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Hui ChenState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Chengyu MaThe First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China.
Yuanyuan YaoState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Jinzhi WangState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Lvwan XuState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Qiangqiang XiangState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Yuxi ZhaoState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Yanfei ChenState Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases, Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2185-9303
Lanjuan LiJinan Microecological Biomedicine Shandong Laboratory, Jinan, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6945-0593

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gut microbiota dysbiosis has been observed in HBV-related cirrhosis, but its role in early-stage disease and its correlation with liver pathology remain unclear. Moreover, whether dysbiosis is a cause or consequence of liver cirrhosis is still debated. We recruited 20 treatment-naïve patients with chronic HBV infection, assessing liver injury via biopsy. Fecal metagenomic sequencing was used to analyze the correlation between gut microbiota and liver histology. To explore the causality, fecal samples from an HBV-related cirrhosis patient were transplanted into mice with CCl₄-induced liver fibrosis. Patients with significant histological damage exhibited reduced alpha diversity and greater microbial homogeneity. Species such as

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DysbiosisFecal Microbiota TransplantationGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHepatitis B, ChronicLiver CirrhosisAnimalsBacteriaBile Acids and SaltsDisease Models, AnimalFecesFemaleHepatitis B virusHumansLiverMaleMiceBile Acids and Saltsfecal microbiome transplantationgut microbiotaHBVliver biopsyliver fibrosis

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PMID40642988
PMCPMC12323656

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