Yusuke Manabe, Tomohiko Ishibashi, Ryotaro Asano, Shuichi Tonomura, Yuichi Maeda, Daisuke Motooka, Jin Ueda, Masahiro Yanagawa, Yuko Edamoto-Taira, Tomomi Chikaishi-Kirino, Takeshi Masaki, Tadakatsu Inagaki, Shota Nakamura, Yoshinori Katada, Makoto Okazawa, Masashi Narazaki, Takeshi Ogo, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Yoshikazu Nakaoka
BACKGROUND: Takayasu arteritis (TAK) is an autoimmune large vessel vasculitis that affects the aorta and its major branches, eventually leading to the development of aortic aneurysm and vascular stenosis or occlusion. This retrospective and prospective study aimed to investigate whether the gut dysbiosis exists in patients with TAK and to identify specific gut microorganisms related to aortic aneurysm formation/progression in TAK. METHODS: We analysed the faecal microbiome of 76 patients with TAK and 56 healthy controls (HCs) using 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing...
March 24, 2023: Arthritis Research & Therapy