A decreased abundance of clostridia characterizes the gut microbiota in eosinophilic esophagitis

Abstract Abnormalities in the gut microbiome are associated with suppressed Th2 response (Belizario et al., 2018 Mediators Inflamm. 2018:2037838) and predisposition to atopic disease such as asthma and eczema. We investigated if this applies to eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE). Stool bacterial DNA was...

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Main Authors: Purna C. Kashyap, Stephen Johnson, Debra M. Geno, Heather R. Lekatz, Crystal Lavey, Jeffrey A. Alexander, Jun Chen, David A. Katzka
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-10-01
Series:Physiological Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.14261