Project description:Here we report 16S rRNA data in gut microbiota of autism spectrum disorders compared with healthy volunteers. A total of 1322 operational taxonomic units (OTUs) were identified in the sequence data. The Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes were both dominated phylum in ausitic subjects and healthy controls. Phylum level analysis showed a clear alteration of the bacterial gut community in ASD characterized by a higher Firmicutes (P < 0.05), Proteobacteria (P < 0.001), and Actinobacteria (P < 0.001) than that in healthy controls. However, Bacteroidetes were significantly decreased in ASD patients (P < 0.001).
Project description:Here we report metagenomic sequencing data in gut microbiota of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) compared with healthy volunteers (30 for ASD children and 30 for healthy controls, respectively). The genes changed in autistic subjects involved 1,312,364 analytes that compare to 1,335,835 analytes in healthy controls. The number of taxa in autistic subjects were significantly increased as compared to the healthy controls based on the phylum and genus level (P = 0.001). However, the number of species were significantly decreased in autistic subjects (P = 0.001).
Project description:We transplanted gut microbiota via fecal transfer from TD and ASD children into germ-free wild-type mice, and reveal that colonization with ASD microbiomes induces hallmark changes in sociability, vocalization, and stereotypies. The brains of mice receiving gut microbiota from ASD individuals display alternative splicing patterns for genes dysregulated in the human ASD brain.
