Gut microbiome composition linked to type 1 diabetes in children: Study
WASHINGTON-- Researchers have found in a new study that gut microbiome composition may play a role in the development of the type 1 diabetes in children. Such children and adolescents with newly-diagnosed type 1 diabetes had less desirable gut microbiota composition that was associated with poorer blood sugar control.
The new research has been published in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.
Diabetes mellitus is a type of metabolic disorder in which patients are unable to regulate blood sugar. Diabetes is multifactorial and gut microbiota and gut microbiota‐derived metabolites may have a role in type 1 diabetes pathogenesis.It is currently a worldwide public health issue, and is a burden to society because of its disabling and common complications.
Type 1 diabetes most often occurs in children and adolescents and is a disease in which a person's pancreas produces little or no insulin. The prevalence of type 1 diabetes in children is related not only to genetic predisposition, but also to environmental factors such as gut health and gut-microbiota composition. The gut microbiome is a community of bacteria within the gastrointestinal tract that have a major influence on metabolism, body weight, the development of disease and the immune system.
"We found a particular gut microbiota composition that is associated with poorer blood sugar measures in a group of children and adolescents with newly-diagnosed type 1 diabetes," said the study's corresponding author, Giuseppe d'Annunzio, M.D., of the Istituto Giannina Gaslini in Genoa, Italy. "We used a form of artificial intelligence called machine learning to do a more thorough and robust genetic analysis."
The researchers studied the microbiomes of 31 children with type 1 diabetes and 25 children who did not have diabetes. They used machine learning analysis and genetic analysis and found patients with type 1 diabetes had a significantly higher amount of gut bacteria linked to the onset of diabetes.
"Gut microbiota composition deserves attention as a new topic of research in the development of several diseases," d'Annunzio said.
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"Gut Microbiota in TIDM-Onset Pediatric Patients: Machine Learning Algorithms to Classify Microorganisms Disease-Linked," was published online, ahead of print.
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