Altered diversity and composition of gut microbiota in Korean children with food allergy

Abstract Background This study aimed to comprehensively characterize the gut microbiome and identify individual and grouped gut microbes associated with food allergy (FA) using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Methods Fecal samples were collected from children with IgE‐mediated FA and from sex‐ and age‐mat...

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Main Authors: Minyoung Jung, Ji Young Lee, Sukyung Kim, Jeongmin Song, Sehun Jang, Sanghee Shin, Min Hee Lee, Mi Jin Kim, Jiwon Kim, Han Byul Lee, Yeonghee Kim, Kangmo Ahn, Minji Kim, Jihyun Kim
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/clt2.70036
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author Minyoung Jung
Ji Young Lee
Sukyung Kim
Jeongmin Song
Sehun Jang
Sanghee Shin
Min Hee Lee
Mi Jin Kim
Jiwon Kim
Han Byul Lee
Yeonghee Kim
Kangmo Ahn
Minji Kim
Jihyun Kim
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Ji Young Lee
Sukyung Kim
Jeongmin Song
Sehun Jang
Sanghee Shin
Min Hee Lee
Mi Jin Kim
Jiwon Kim
Han Byul Lee
Yeonghee Kim
Kangmo Ahn
Minji Kim
Jihyun Kim
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description Abstract Background This study aimed to comprehensively characterize the gut microbiome and identify individual and grouped gut microbes associated with food allergy (FA) using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Methods Fecal samples were collected from children with IgE‐mediated FA and from sex‐ and age‐matched controls. The V3–V4 variable regions of the 16S rRNA gene of the gut microbiome were profiled using next‐generation sequencing (Illumina, USA). Bacterial species richness, intracommunity diversity, and intergroup dissimilarity were evaluated. Functional profiles were predicted using Phylogenetic Investigation of Communities by Reconstruction of Unobserved States (PICRUSt) and the Minimal Set of Pathways (MinPath) algorithm. Results Fecal samples were collected from children with IgE‐mediated FA (n = 66) and from sex‐ and age‐matched controls (n = 22). Gut microbiome richness (p < 0.0001), intra‐community diversity (p < 0.0001), and inter‐community diversity (p = 0.0004) were higher in the healthy group than in the FA group. Patients with FA were enriched in Blautia, Fusicatenibacter, and Ruminococcus_g5 compared with healthy control individuals (all p < 0.05). Healthy control individuals were significantly enriched in Oscillibacter and Ruminococcus compared with patients with FA (all p < 0.05). Functional pathway analysis identified enrichment in pathways related to endoglucanase in healthy controls and the ATP‐binding cassette (ABC) transport system in FA patients. Conclusions The gut microbiomes of patients with FA and healthy control individuals had different taxonomic abundances, and the microbiome richness and diversity of the bacterial flora of patients with FA were reduced compared with controls.
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spelling doaj-art-1cd837eab7b649b585deeaff7baf734a2025-08-20T03:44:00ZengWileyClinical and Translational Allergy2045-70222025-03-01153n/an/a10.1002/clt2.70036Altered diversity and composition of gut microbiota in Korean children with food allergyMinyoung Jung0Ji Young Lee1Sukyung Kim2Jeongmin Song3Sehun Jang4Sanghee Shin5Min Hee Lee6Mi Jin Kim7Jiwon Kim8Han Byul Lee9Yeonghee Kim10Kangmo Ahn11Minji Kim12Jihyun Kim13Department of Pediatrics Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Seoul South KoreaDepartment of Pediatrics Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital Chuncheon South KoreaDepartment of Pediatrics Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Seoul South KoreaDepartment of Pediatrics Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Seoul South KoreaDepartment of Pediatrics Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Seoul South KoreaDepartment of Pediatrics Chung‐Ang University Hospital Chung‐Ang University College of Medicine Seoul South KoreaDepartment of Pediatrics Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Seoul South KoreaDepartment of Pediatrics Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Seoul South KoreaDepartment of Pediatrics Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital Sejong South KoreaResearch Institute for Future Medical Science Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital Sejong South KoreaDepartment of Pediatrics Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Seoul South KoreaDepartment of Pediatrics Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Seoul South KoreaDepartment of Pediatrics Chungnam National University Sejong Hospital Sejong South KoreaDepartment of Pediatrics Samsung Medical Center Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine Seoul South KoreaAbstract Background This study aimed to comprehensively characterize the gut microbiome and identify individual and grouped gut microbes associated with food allergy (FA) using 16S rRNA gene sequencing. Methods Fecal samples were collected from children with IgE‐mediated FA and from sex‐ and age‐matched controls. The V3–V4 variable regions of the 16S rRNA gene of the gut microbiome were profiled using next‐generation sequencing (Illumina, USA). Bacterial species richness, intracommunity diversity, and intergroup dissimilarity were evaluated. Functional profiles were predicted using Phylogenetic Investigation of Communities by Reconstruction of Unobserved States (PICRUSt) and the Minimal Set of Pathways (MinPath) algorithm. Results Fecal samples were collected from children with IgE‐mediated FA (n = 66) and from sex‐ and age‐matched controls (n = 22). Gut microbiome richness (p < 0.0001), intra‐community diversity (p < 0.0001), and inter‐community diversity (p = 0.0004) were higher in the healthy group than in the FA group. Patients with FA were enriched in Blautia, Fusicatenibacter, and Ruminococcus_g5 compared with healthy control individuals (all p < 0.05). Healthy control individuals were significantly enriched in Oscillibacter and Ruminococcus compared with patients with FA (all p < 0.05). Functional pathway analysis identified enrichment in pathways related to endoglucanase in healthy controls and the ATP‐binding cassette (ABC) transport system in FA patients. Conclusions The gut microbiomes of patients with FA and healthy control individuals had different taxonomic abundances, and the microbiome richness and diversity of the bacterial flora of patients with FA were reduced compared with controls.https://doi.org/10.1002/clt2.7003616S rDNA sequencingdiversityfood allergymicrobiomerichness
spellingShingle Minyoung Jung
Ji Young Lee
Sukyung Kim
Jeongmin Song
Sehun Jang
Sanghee Shin
Min Hee Lee
Mi Jin Kim
Jiwon Kim
Han Byul Lee
Yeonghee Kim
Kangmo Ahn
Minji Kim
Jihyun Kim
Altered diversity and composition of gut microbiota in Korean children with food allergy
Clinical and Translational Allergy
16S rDNA sequencing
diversity
food allergy
microbiome
richness
title Altered diversity and composition of gut microbiota in Korean children with food allergy
title_full Altered diversity and composition of gut microbiota in Korean children with food allergy
title_fullStr Altered diversity and composition of gut microbiota in Korean children with food allergy
title_full_unstemmed Altered diversity and composition of gut microbiota in Korean children with food allergy
title_short Altered diversity and composition of gut microbiota in Korean children with food allergy
title_sort altered diversity and composition of gut microbiota in korean children with food allergy
topic 16S rDNA sequencing
diversity
food allergy
microbiome
richness
url https://doi.org/10.1002/clt2.70036
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