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Gut microbiota imbalance in colorectal cancer patients, the risk factor of COVID-19 mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping across the world. Previous studies have shown that gut microbiota is associated with COVID-19, and operational taxonomic unit (OTU) composed of Blautia genus, Lactobacillus genus, and Ruminococcus genus of Firmicutes is correlated with the severity of COVID-19. Gut microbiota imbalance in colorectal cancer patients may lead to the variation of OTU.

Results

Based on the GMrepo database, the gut microbiota of 1374 patients with colorectal neoplasms and 27,329 healthy people was analyzed to investigate the differences in the abundance of microbes between colorectal neoplasms patients and healthy people. Furthermore, We collected feces samples from 12 patients with colorectal cancer and 8 healthy people in Xiangya hospital for metabolomic analysis to investigate the potential mechanisms. Our study showed that the abundance of Blautia and Ruminococcus was significantly increased in colorectal neoplasms, which may increase the severity of COVID-19. The gender and age of patients may affect the severity of COVID-19 by shaping the gut microbiota, but the BMI of patients does not.

Conclusions

Our work draws an initial point that gut microbiota imbalance is a risk factor of COVID-19 mortality and gut microbiota may provide a new therapeutic avenue for colorectal cancer patients.

SUBMITTER: Cai C

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8643189 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Gut microbiota imbalance in colorectal cancer patients, the risk factor of COVID-19 mortality.

Cai Changjing C Zhang Xiangyang X Liu Yihan Y Shen Edward E Feng Ziyang Z Guo Cao C Han Ying Y Ouyang Yanhong Y Shen Hong H

Gut pathogens 20211204 1

<h4>Background</h4>COVID-19 pandemic is sweeping across the world. Previous studies have shown that gut microbiota is associated with COVID-19, and operational taxonomic unit (OTU) composed of Blautia genus, Lactobacillus genus, and Ruminococcus genus of Firmicutes is correlated with the severity of COVID-19. Gut microbiota imbalance in colorectal cancer patients may lead to the variation of OTU.<h4>Results</h4>Based on the GMrepo database, the gut microbiota of 1374 patients with colorectal neo ...[more]

PMID: 34863291

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Gut microbiota imbalance in colorectal cancer patients, the risk factor of COVID-19 mortality.

Background

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Conclusions

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Gut microbiota imbalance in colorectal cancer patients, the risk factor of COVID-19 mortality.

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