Alterations of gut mycobiota profiles in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma

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• who: ufeffLilongufeff ufeffZhangufeff from the Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, China have published the research: Alterations of gut mycobiota profiles in intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma, in the Journal: (JOURNAL)
• what: The authors found for the first time that ICC patients had intestinal fungal dysbiosis, as evidenced by reduced alpha diversity, increased abundance of the opportunistic pathogenic fungi, C. albicans, and reduced abundance of the beneficial fungi, S. cerevisiae, compared to healthy controls.
• how: After a rigorous pathological diagnosis and exclusion process 40 stool samples from 23 ICC patients and 17 healthy controls were collected . . .
  

   

  

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