Alteration of fecal microbiota profiles in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Associations with HLA-B27 allele and disease status.

Alteration of gut microbiota is involved in several chronic inflammatory and autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, and gut microbial pro-arthritogenic profiles have been hypothesized. Intestinal inflammation may be involved in spondyloarthropathies and in a subset of patients affected...

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Main Authors: Monica Di Paola, Duccio Cavalieri, Davide Albanese, Claudio Donati, Maddalena Sordo, Massimo Pindo, Ilaria Pagnini, Teresa Giani, Gabriele Simonini, Alessia Paladini, Paolo Lionetti, Carlotta De Filippo, Rolando Cimaz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.01703/full