To explore the mechanism of acupoint application in the treatment of primary dysmenorrhea by 16S rDNA sequencing and metabolomics/Experiment 2

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Needs review

Curated date: 2025/07/27

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine

Subjects

Location of subjects
China
Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
Rattus norvegicus
Body site Anatomical site where microbial samples were extracted from according to the Uber Anatomy Ontology
Feces Cow dung,Cow pat,Droppings,Dung,Excrement,Excreta,Faeces,Fecal material,Fecal matter,Fewmet,Frass,Guano,Matières fécales@fr,Merde@fr,Ordure,Partie de la merde@fr,Piece of shit,Porción de mierda@es,Portion of dung,Portion of excrement,Portion of faeces,Portion of fecal material,Portion of fecal matter,Portion of feces,Portion of guano,Portion of scat,Portionem cacas,Scat,Spoor,Spraint,Stool,Teil der fäkalien@de,Feces,feces
Condition The experimental condition / phenotype studied according to the Experimental Factor Ontology
Dysmenorrhea Painful menstruation,Dysmenorrhea,dysmenorrhea
Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
Model group
Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
Treatment group
Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
The subjects used estradiol benzoate combined with oxytocin and were treated wth Graphene-based warm uterus acupoint paste (GWUAP).
Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
4
Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
4

Lab analysis

Sequencing type
16S
16S variable region One or more hypervariable region(s) of the bacterial 16S gene
V3-V4
Sequencing platform Manufacturer and experimental platform used for quantifying microbial abundance
Illumina

Statistical Analysis

Data transformation Data transformation applied to microbial abundance measurements prior to differential abundance testing (if any).
relative abundances
Statistical test
LEfSe
Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
0.05
MHT correction Have statistical tests be corrected for multiple hypothesis testing (MHT)?
No
LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
2.0

Alpha Diversity

Shannon Estimator of species richness and species evenness: more weight on species richness
increased
Chao1 Abundance-based estimator of species richness
decreased

Signature 1

Needs review

Curated date: 2025/07/27

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine

Source: Figure 3G

Description: The significantly enriched bacterial taxa in different groups as determined by LEfSe analysis.

Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in Treatment group

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Parabacteroides
Tannerellaceae
Bacillaceae
Bacillus
unidentified proteobacterium
Subgroup 6Subgroup 6

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Signature 2

Needs review

Curated date: 2025/07/27

Curator: Aleru Divine

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine

Source: Figure 3G

Description: The significantly enriched bacterial taxa in different groups as determined by LEfSe analysis.

Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in Treatment group

NCBI Quality ControlLinks
Agathobacter
Corynebacterium
Deltaproteobacteria
Desulfovibrionales
Streptococcus
Desulfovibrionaceae
Streptococcaceae
Lachnospiraceae bacterium NK4A136
Anaeroplasmataceae
Anaeroplasmatales
Anaeroplasma
Peptostreptococcaceae
Romboutsia

Revision editor(s): Aleru Divine