Project description:Lean nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is increasingly recognized as a distinct clinical phenotype with limited evidence for effective non-pharmacological interventions and unclear mechanistic pathways. Aerobic exercise is recommended for NAFLD management, yet its effects and underlying gut microbiota–mediated mechanisms in lean NAFLD remain insufficiently characterized. This study is based on a randomized controlled trial (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04882644) in which 100 adults with lean NAFLD were randomly assigned to a 3-month aerobic exercise intervention or usual care. 63 paired fecal samples were collected at baseline and after intervention. Gut microbiota profiles were generated using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. The dataset includes processed taxonomic abundance tables derived from fecal samples collected before and after the intervention. These data were used to characterize exercise-induced alterations in gut microbial diversity, composition, and functional potential, and to explore interindividual heterogeneity in microbiota responses to aerobic exercise in lean NAFLD. The microbiome data deposited in this series support integrative analyses with clinical phenotypes and circulating metabolomic profiles, aiming to elucidate gut microbiota–associated mechanisms underlying the metabolic benefits of aerobic exercise in lean NAFLD.

2025-12-18 | GSE314066 | GEO

Metaproteomic and 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing Analysis of the Infant Fecal Microbiome.

Project description: Not available

| S-EPMC6471839 | biostudies-literature

16S rRNA gene survey of microbial communities in Winogradsky columns.

Project description: Not available

| S-EPMC4125166 | biostudies-literature