The Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio of the human gut microbiota is associated with prostate enlargement

Background The pathophysiology of the prostate enlargement underlying lower urinary tract symptoms is unknown. Meanwhile, the gut microbiota can contribute to various host conditions. We hypothesized that the gut microbiota plays a role in prostate enlargement. Methods We included 128 patients who u...

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Published in:	The Prostate Vol. 81; no. 16; pp. 1287 - 1293
Main Authors:	Takezawa, Kentaro, Fujita, Kazutoshi, Matsushita, Makoto, Motooka, Daisuke, Hatano, Koji, Banno, Eri, Shimizu, Nobutaka, Takao, Tetsuya, Takada, Shingo, Okada, Koichi, Fukuhara, Shinichiro, Kiuchi, Hiroshi, Uemura, Hirotsugu, Nakamura, Shota, Kojima, Yoshiyuki, Nonomura, Norio
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.12.2021
Subjects:	Antibiotics bacteria Bacteroidetes Bacteroidetes - isolation & purification benign prostatic hyperplasia Biopsy Biopsy - methods Biopsy - statistics & numerical data Body mass index Discriminant analysis Enlargement Firmicutes Firmicutes - isolation & purification Gastrointestinal Microbiome - physiology Gut microbiota Humans Intestinal microflora Male Metagenomics Metagenomics - methods microbiome Microbiota Middle Aged Neoplasm Staging Organ Size Patients Prostate Prostate - pathology Prostate cancer Prostatic Hyperplasia - diagnosis Prostatic Hyperplasia - microbiology Prostatic Neoplasms - microbiology Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology Prostatic Neoplasms - physiopathology Risk Factors RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - isolation & purification rRNA 16S Urinary tract bacteria microbiome benign prostatic hyperplasia
ISSN:	0270-4137, 1097-0045, 1097-0045
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