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SUBMITTER: Iwauchi M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6688080 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Iwauchi Megumi M Horigome Ayako A Ishikawa Kentaro K Mikuni Aya A Nakano Manabu M Xiao Jin-Zhong JZ Odamaki Toshitaka T Hironaka Shouji S
Immunity, inflammation and disease 20190715 3
<h4>Aim</h4>Recent studies have suggested that oral bacteria induce systemic inflammation through the alteration of gut microbiota. We examined the relationship between oral and gut microbiota to evaluate the transition of oral bacteria to the gastrointestinal tract.<h4>Methods</h4>Oral samples from subgingival plaque and tongue-coating and fecal samples were collected from 29 elderly subjects (age, 80.2 ± 9.1 years) and 30 adults (age, 35.9 ± 5.0 years). Genomic DNA was extracted from all sampl ...[more]