Salivary microbiome of an urban Indian cohort and patterns linked to subclinical inflammation

• Published in: Oral diseases Vol. 23; no. 7; pp. 926 - 940
• Main Authors: Acharya, A, Chan, Y, Kheur, S, Kheur, M, Gopalakrishnan, D, Watt, RM, Mattheos, N
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Asymptomatic Diseases; Bacilli; Community composition; Cytokines; Female; human microbiome; Humans; India; Inflammation; Inflammation - microbiology; Interleukin 1; Interleukin-1beta - metabolism; interleukin‐1 beta; Intestinal microflora; Male; Microbiota; Middle Aged; Phylogeny; rRNA 16S; saliva; Saliva - metabolism; Saliva - microbiology; Urban Population; saliva; interleukin-1 beta; human microbiome; inflammation; India

Objective To profile salivary microbiomes of an urban‐living, healthy Indian cohort and explore associations with proinflammatory status. Methods Fifty‐one clinically healthy Indian subjects’ salivary microbiomes were analyzed using 16S rRNA Illumina MiSeq sequencing. Community distribution was comp...