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Role of Intestinal Microbiota in Ulcerative Colitis

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Microbial community analysis us<strong>in</strong>g qPCR<br />

After colonization (42 hours) <strong>of</strong> the lum<strong>in</strong>al or the mucosal environment by fecal microbes from<br />

healthy subjects and UC patients (<strong>in</strong> remission or relapse), qPCR was applied to measure the<br />

density <strong>of</strong> gene targets encod<strong>in</strong>g 16S rRNA gene content <strong>of</strong> selected bacterial taxonomic units.<br />

Pr<strong>in</strong>cipal component analysis (PCA) was performed on the relative quantities <strong>of</strong> bacterial levels to<br />

exam<strong>in</strong>e the ma<strong>in</strong> differences between all samples. While no obvious difference based on subject<br />

health status was observed, lum<strong>in</strong>al and mucosal samples were separated from one another<br />

(Figure 3). The separation among all samples was expla<strong>in</strong>ed by PC1 and PC2 (25.29% and 15.77%<br />

<strong>of</strong> expla<strong>in</strong>ed variance, respectively). Especially PC2 expla<strong>in</strong>ed the difference between the lum<strong>in</strong>al<br />

and mucosal environment. The relative quantities <strong>of</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g bacterial taxa were higher <strong>in</strong> the<br />

lum<strong>in</strong>al content: Bifidobacterium spp., B. bifidum, B. pseudocatenulatum, B. adolescentis,<br />

Lactobacillus spp., C. leptum subgroup, C. coccoides group, F. prausnitzii, Akk. muc<strong>in</strong>iphila and<br />

Alistipes spp.. In contrast, Roseburia spp. and E. rectale rather correlated with the mucosal<br />

environment (Table 2).<br />

The preference <strong>of</strong> specific bacterial groups to colonize the mucosal and/or lum<strong>in</strong>al compartment<br />

was different depend<strong>in</strong>g on the three microbiota sources (healthy subjects, UC patients <strong>in</strong><br />

remission or UC patients <strong>in</strong> relapse) (Table 2). In the vessels with communities derived from UC<br />

patients <strong>in</strong> relapse, mucus was colonized by significantly lower levels <strong>of</strong> bifidobacteria, B.<br />

adolescentis, lactobacilli, C. coccoides group, C. leptum subgroup, and Alistipes spp.(P

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