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Variations of Tongue Coating Microbiota in Patients with Gastric Cancer
Joint Authors
Hu, Jie
Han, Shuwen
Chen, Yan
Ji, Zhaoning
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-09-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The physical status of humans can be estimated by observing the appearance of the tongue coating, known as tongue diagnosis.
The goals of this study were to reveal the relationship between tongue coating appearance and the oral microbiota in patients with gastric cancer and to open a novel research direction supporting tongue diagnosis.
We used a tongue manifestation acquisition instrument to analyse the thickness of the tongue coating of patients with gastric cancer and that of healthy controls, and high-throughput sequencing was used to describe the microbial community of the tongue coating by sequencing the V2–V4 region of the 16S rDNA.
The tongue coatings of 74 patients with gastric cancer were significantly thicker than those of 72 healthy controls (343.11 ± 198.22 versus 98.42 ± 48.25, P<0.001); 51.35% of the patients were assessed as having thick tongue coatings, whereas all healthy controls were assessed as having thin tongue coatings.
Thick tongue coatings presented lower microbial community diversity than thin tongue coatings.
The tongue coating bacterial community is associated with the appearance of the tongue coating.
The tongue coating may be a potential source for diagnosing gastric cancer, but its sensitivity needs to be further improved.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hu, Jie& Han, Shuwen& Chen, Yan& Ji, Zhaoning. 2015. Variations of Tongue Coating Microbiota in Patients with Gastric Cancer. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1054498
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hu, Jie…[et al.]. Variations of Tongue Coating Microbiota in Patients with Gastric Cancer. BioMed Research International No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1054498
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hu, Jie& Han, Shuwen& Chen, Yan& Ji, Zhaoning. Variations of Tongue Coating Microbiota in Patients with Gastric Cancer. BioMed Research International. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1054498
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1054498