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SUBMITTER: Liu X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7596659 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Xiaoming X Zou Yao Y Ruan Min M Chang Lixian L Chen Xiaojuan X Wang Shuchun S Yang Wenyu W Zhang Li L Guo Ye Y Chen Yumei Y Zhang Yingchi Y He Hongrui H Gan Yu Y Wang Kejian K Zhu Xiaofan X
Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology 20201016
Previous studies have shown that gut microbiota can affect human immune system in many ways. Our aim was to investigate quantitative differences in fecal bacterial compositions of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) patients compared to those of healthy children, so as to identify individual bacterial species that are related to the etiology of ALL. We recruited 81 subjects, including 58 patients with ALL and 23 healthy controls. Fecal samples were collected and examined by 16S rRNA qua ...[more]