A comparative study of the gut microbiome in Egyptian patients with Type I and Type II diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Diabetes remains a growing public health concern in Egypt, as prevalence of Type II diabetes (TIID) has nearly tripled there in the last two decades. Egypt was ranked ninth worldwide in number of diabetes cases, with prevalence of 15.56% among adults. Recent studies have proposed that disturbance of gut microbiota could influence TIID development and indicated associations between a reduced diversity in microbiomes and Type I diabetes (TID). In the present study, we investigated the composition and abundance of the bacterial microbiome in disease state (TID and TIID) of Egyptian patients. Our goal in this study was to characterize features of the gut microbiota and possible differences associated with TID and TIID in this population.

Methods

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SUBMITTER: Radwan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7480833 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature