The oral microbiome of treated and untreated chronic HCV infection: A preliminary study.

Autor: Gamal-AbdelNaser A; Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt., Mohammed WS; Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt., ElHefnawi M; Biomedical Informatics and Chemoinformatics Group, Informatics & Systems Department, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt., AbdAllah M; Medical Research Division, National Research Centre, Giza, Egypt., Elsharkawy A; Endemic Medicine and Hepatogastroentrology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt., Zahran FM; Department of Oral Medicine and Periodontology, Faculty of Dentistry, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Oral diseases [Oral Dis] 2023 Mar; Vol. 29 (2), pp. 843-852. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Aug 25.
DOI: 10.1111/odi.14007
Abstrakt: Objectives: Chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is a debilitating disease that is lately treated using direct-acting antivirals (DAAs). Changes in the oral microbiome were detected in other liver diseases; however, oral microbiome was never investigated in patients having chronic HCV infection, whether pre- or post-treatment.
Materials and Methods: This case-control preliminary study enrolled three equal groups: Group (I): untreated HCV patients; group (II): HCV patients who achieved viral clearance after DAA administration; and group (III): healthy controls. For each participant, a buccal swab was harvested and its 16S rRNA was sequenced.
Results: The oral microbiome of chronic HCV patients had a significantly distinct bacterial community compared to healthy controls, characterized by high diversity and abundance of certain pathogenic species. These changes resemble that of oral lichen planus patients. After treatment by DAAs, the oral microbiome shifted to a community with partial similarity to both the diseased and the healthy ones.
Conclusions: Chronic HCV is associated with dysbiotic oral microbiome having abundant pathogenic bacteria. With HCV clearance by DAAs, the oral microbiome shifts to approach the healthy composition.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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