Ketogenic diet poses a significant effect on imbalanced gut microbiota in infants with refractory epilepsy
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Quality control
- Retracted paper
- Contamination issues suspected
- Batch effect issues suspected
- Uncontrolled confounding suspected
- Results are suspect (various reasons)
- Tags applied
Experiment 1
Subjects
- Location of subjects
- China
- Host species Species from which microbiome was sampled. Contact us to have more species added.
- Homo sapiens
- 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
- Epilepsy [X]Other epilepsy,[X]Other epilepsy (disorder),EF - Epileptic fit,EP - Epilepsy,Epilectic attack, NOS,EPILEP NEC W/O INTR EPIL,EPILEP NOS W/O INTR EPIL,epilepsy,Epilepsy (disorder),Epilepsy and recurrent seizures,EPILEPSY NEC W INTR EPIL,Epilepsy NOS,Epilepsy NOS (disorder),EPILEPSY NOS W INTR EPIL,Epilepsy, NOS,Epilepsy, unspecified,Epilepsy, unspecified, with intractable epilepsy,Epilepsy, unspecified, without mention of intractable epilepsy,Epileptic,Epileptic attack,Epileptic attack, NOS,Epileptic convulsions,Epileptic convulsions, NOS,Epileptic disorder,Epileptic disorder, NOS,Epileptic fit,Epileptic fits,Epileptic fits, NOS,Epileptic Seizure,Epileptic seizure (finding),Epileptic seizures,Epileptic seizures, NOS,Generalised convulsion,Generalised fit,Generalised seizure,Generalized convulsion,Generalized fit,Generalized seizure,Generalized seizure (finding),Other forms of epilepsy,Other forms of epilepsy (disorder),Other forms of epilepsy and recurrent seizures,Other forms of epilepsy NOS,Other forms of epilepsy NOS (disorder),Other forms of epilepsy, with intractable epilepsy,Other forms of epilepsy, without mention of intractable epilepsy,Seizure disorder,seizure disorder,Seizure disorder (disorder),Epilepsy
- Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
- healthy controls
- Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
- epileptic infants after treatment (P2)
- Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
- Convulsion more than four times per week after treatment with ≥ 3 AEDs; no antibiotic exposure for at least 1 mo; no known genetic metabolic disorders or severe systemic illnesses; and successive KD therapy for at least 1 wk. KD was provided by Zeneca (Shenzhen, China), including Qitong ketogenic liquid milk (3.4 g protein, 8.0 g lipid and 0.6 g carbohydrate per 100 g milk), Qitong ketogenic cookies and Qitong ketogenic set-meal packages
- Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
- 30
- Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
- 14
- Antibiotics exclusion Number of days without antibiotics usage (if applicable) and other antibiotics-related criteria used to exclude participants (if any)
- 1 month
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
- Mann-Whitney (Wilcoxon)
- Significance threshold p-value or FDR threshold used for differential abundance testing (if any)
- 0.05
- Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study
- age
Signature 1
Source: Supplementary Table 5
Description: Difference between the fecal microbiome of patients with refractory epilepsy after KD treatment (P2) vs healthy controls
Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in epileptic infants after treatment (P2)
Revision editor(s): Kavyaayala
Signature 2
Source: Supplementary Table 5
Description: Difference between the fecal microbiome of patients with refractory epilepsy after KD treatment (P2) vs healthy controls
Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in epileptic infants after treatment (P2)
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Actinomyces | ||
Bifidobacterium | ||
Bilophila | ||
Clostridium | ||
Escherichia | ||
Faecalibacterium | ||
Granulicatella | ||
Haemophilus | ||
Lachnoclostridium |
Revision editor(s): Kavyaayala
Experiment 2
Subjects
- Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
- epileptic infants before treatment (P1)
- Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
- Convulsion more than four times per week after treatment with ≥ 3 AEDs; no antibiotic exposure for at least 1 mo; no known genetic metabolic disorders or severe systemic illnesses
Lab analysis
Statistical Analysis
Signature 1
Source: Supplementary Table 5
Description: Difference between the fecal microbiome of patients with refractory epilepsy before KD treatment (P1) vs healthy controls
Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in epileptic infants before treatment (P1)
Revision editor(s): Kavyaayala
Signature 2
Source: Supplementary Table 5
Description: Difference between the fecal microbiome of patients with refractory epilepsy before KD treatment (P1) vs healthy controls
Abundance in Group 1: decreased abundance in epileptic infants before treatment (P1)
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Actinomyces | ||
Atopobium | ||
Bacteroides | ||
Bifidobacterium | ||
Bilophila | ||
Clostridium | ||
Escherichia | ||
Granulicatella | ||
Haemophilus |
Revision editor(s): Kavyaayala
Experiment 3
Subjects
- Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
- both healthy controls and epileptic infants before treatment (P1)
- Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
- epileptic infants after treatment (P2)
- Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
- Convulsion more than four times per week after treatment with ≥ 3 AEDs; no antibiotic exposure for at least 1 mo; no known genetic metabolic disorders or severe systemic illnesses; and successive KD therapy for at least 1 wk. KD was provided by Zeneca (Shenzhen, China), including Qitong ketogenic liquid milk (3.4 g protein, 8.0 g lipid and 0.6 g carbohydrate per 100 g milk), Qitong ketogenic cookies and Qitong ketogenic set-meal packages
- Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
- 44
Lab analysis
Statistical Analysis
- Statistical test
- LEfSe
- LDA Score above Threshold for the linear discriminant analysis (LDA) score for studies using the popular LEfSe tool
- 2
Signature 1
Source: Figure 4
Description: Difference between the fecal microbiome of patients with refractory epilepsy after KD treatment (P2) vs epileptic infants before treatment (P1) and healthy controls
Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in epileptic infants after treatment (P2)
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Bacillaceae | ||
Bacillales | ||
Bacillus | ||
Brochothrix | ||
Eggerthella | ||
Eggerthellaceae | ||
Eggerthellales | ||
Listeriaceae | ||
Odoribacter | ||
Parvimonas | ||
Peptoclostridium | ||
Solobacterium |
Revision editor(s): Kavyaayala
Experiment 4
Subjects
- Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
- both healthy controls and epileptic infants after treatment (P2)
- Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
- epileptic infants before treatment (P1)
- Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
- Convulsion more than four times per week after treatment with ≥ 3 AEDs; no antibiotic exposure for at least 1 mo; no known genetic metabolic disorders or severe systemic illnesses
Lab analysis
Statistical Analysis
Signature 1
Source: Figure 4
Description: Difference between the fecal microbiome of patients with refractory epilepsy after KD treatment (P2) vs epileptic infants before treatment (P1) and healthy controls
Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in epileptic infants before treatment (P1)
Revision editor(s): Kavyaayala
Experiment 5
Subjects
- Group 0 name Corresponds to the control (unexposed) group for case-control studies
- combined data from epileptic infants both before (P1) and after treatment (P2)
- Group 1 name Corresponds to the case (exposed) group for case-control studies
- healthy controls
- Group 1 definition Diagnostic criteria applied to define the specific condition / phenotype represented in the case (exposed) group
- No antibiotic exposure for at least 1 mo before this study, no disease symptoms for at least 1 mo following recruitment, and no history of seizures
- Group 0 sample size Number of subjects in the control (unexposed) group
- 28
- Group 1 sample size Number of subjects in the case (exposed) group
- 30
Lab analysis
Statistical Analysis
- Matched on Factors on which subjects have been matched on in a case-control study
- Not specified
Signature 1
Source: Figure 4
Description: Difference between the fecal microbiome of healthy controls vs patients with refractory epilepsy both before (P1) and after treatment (P2)
Abundance in Group 1: increased abundance in healthy controls
Revision editor(s): Kavyaayala