Proton Pump Inhibitors and Dysbiosis in Cirrhosis

Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out whether the use of medications that suppress acid in your stomach can change the composition of your bowel bacteria.

Timeline

Start

2011-10

Primary completion

2018-02

Completion

2018-02

Publications

• Results Bajaj JS, Cox IJ, Betrapally NS, Heuman DM, Schubert ML, Ratneswaran M, Hylemon PB, White MB, Daita K, Noble NA, Sikaroodi M, Williams R, Crossey MM, Taylor-Robinson SD, Gillevet PM. Systems biology analysis of omeprazole therapy in cirrhosis demonstrates significant shifts in gut microbiota composition and function. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2014 Nov 15;307(10):G951-7. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00268.2014. Epub 2014 Sep 25.
• Pena Rodriguez M, Fagan A, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM, Bajaj JS. Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and Complications of Cirrhosis Are Linked With Distinct Gut Microbial Bacteriophage and Eukaryotic Viral-Like Particle Signatures in Cirrhosis. Clin Transl Gastroenterol. 2024 Feb 1;15(2):e00659. doi: 10.14309/ctg.0000000000000659.
• Bajaj JS, Thacker LR, Fagan A, White MB, Gavis EA, Hylemon PB, Brown R, Acharya C, Heuman DM, Fuchs M, Dalmet S, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM. Gut microbial RNA and DNA analysis predicts hospitalizations in cirrhosis. JCI Insight. 2018 Mar 8;3(5):e98019. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.98019.
• Bajaj JS, Liu EJ, Kheradman R, Fagan A, Heuman DM, White M, Gavis EA, Hylemon P, Sikaroodi M, Gillevet PM. Fungal dysbiosis in cirrhosis. Gut. 2018 Jun;67(6):1146-1154. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2016-313170. Epub 2017 Jun 3.

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