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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2025

The gut microbiome in diabetic patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: distinct bacterial compositional shifts after hepatitis C virus eradication.

Mohammed Ramadan, Ibrahim A Amin, Mohamed E Ali, Eman R Abdelbary, Helal F Hetta, Roba Alatawy, Fawaz E Alanazi, Abdullah Alattar, Reem Alshaman, Yasser Alatawi and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mohammed RamadanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt.
Ibrahim A AminDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt.
Mohamed E AliDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt.
Eman R AbdelbaryDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt.
Helal F HettaDivision of Microbiology, Immunology and Biotechnology, Department of Natural Products and Alternative Medicine, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
Roba AlatawyDepartment of Medical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
Fawaz E AlanaziDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah AlattarDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
Reem AlshamanDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
Yasser AlatawiDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia.
Mohammed SalahDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Port-Said University, Port-Said, Egypt.

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Abstract

Background: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) poses a major global health burden, and diabetic patients remain at high risk even after achieving a sustained virological response (SVR) to hepatitis C virus (HCV) with direct-acting antivirals (DAAs). Gut microbiome dysbiosis is implicated in this heightened risk, but the microbial characteristics and underlying mechanisms remain poorly understood. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of 81 adults divided into three groups ( Results: DHCC patients exhibited marked microbial dysbiosis, including reduced alpha diversity (Chao1, Conclusion: Diabetic patients with HCC after HCV eradication exhibit a persistent gut microbiome signature characterized by proinflammatory and carcinogenic features. These findings highlight potential targets for microbiome-based risk stratification and therapeutic interventions in this high-risk population.

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diabetes mellitusdirect-acting antiviralsdysbiosisgut microbiomehepatocellular carcinoma

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PMCPMC12827569

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