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. 2021 Mar 2;33(3):455-456.
doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2021.02.012.

Treatment regimens may compromise gut-microbiome-derived signatures for liver cirrhosis

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Treatment regimens may compromise gut-microbiome-derived signatures for liver cirrhosis

Sicheng Wu et al. Cell Metab. .
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Many of the gut-microbiome-derived signatures for liver cirrhosis, especially the important ones, were likely under the influence of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs). Wu et al. suggest that drug usage is a confounding factor in metagenomics analysis that should be controlled for.

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Declaration of interests The authors declare no competing interests.

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  • A Universal Gut-Microbiome-Derived Signature Predicts Cirrhosis.
    Oh TG, Kim SM, Caussy C, Fu T, Guo J, Bassirian S, Singh S, Madamba EV, Bettencourt R, Richards L, Yu RT, Atkins AR, Huan T, Brenner DA, Sirlin CB, Downes M, Evans RM, Loomba R. Oh TG, et al. Cell Metab. 2020 Nov 3;32(5):878-888.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2020.06.005. Epub 2020 Jun 30. Cell Metab. 2020. PMID: 32610095 Free PMC article.

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