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SUBMITTER: Acharya C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5841881 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Acharya Chathur C Sahingur Sinem Esra SE Bajaj Jasmohan S JS
JCI insight 20171005 19
Cirrhosis is a prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality, especially for those at an advanced decompensated stage. Cirrhosis development and progression involves several important interorgan communications, and recently, the gut microbiome has been implicated in pathophysiology of the disease. Dysbiosis, defined as a pathological change in the microbiome, has a variable effect on the compensated versus decompensated stage of cirrhosis. Adverse microbial changes, both in composition and function ...[more]