Dysbiosis of oral microbiota and its association with salivary immunological biomarkers in autoimmune liver disease.

The gut microbiota has recently been recognized to play a role in the pathogenesis of autoimmune liver disease (AILD), mainly primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) and autoimmune hepatitis (AIH). This study aimed to analyze and compare the composition of the oral microbiota of 56 patients with AILD and...

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Main Authors: Kazumichi Abe, Atsushi Takahashi, Masashi Fujita, Hiromichi Imaizumi, Manabu Hayashi, Ken Okai, Hiromasa Ohira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6029758?pdf=render