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World J Gastroenterol. Jan 21, 2022; 28(3): 365-380
Published online Jan 21, 2022. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v28.i3.365
Microbiome changes in the gastric mucosa and gastric juice in different histological stages of Helicobacter pylori-negative gastric cancers
Qing-Hua Sun, Jing Zhang, Yan-Yan Shi, Jing Zhang, Wei-Wei Fu, Shi-Gang Ding
Qing-Hua Sun, Jing Zhang, Jing Zhang, Wei-Wei Fu, Shi-Gang Ding, Department of Gastroenterology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China
Yan-Yan Shi, Research Center of Clinical Epidemiology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 10019, China
Author contributions: Ding SG, Shi YY, and Sun QH designed the study; Sun QH analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; Sun QH, Zhang J, Fu WW and Zhang J collected the samples and conducted the laboratory experiments; all authors approved the final version of the article.
Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81700496, and No. 81870386; Peking University Medicine Fund of Fostering Young Scholars’ Scientific & Technological Innovation, No. BMU2021PY002; and Key Laboratory for Helicobacter pylori Infection and Upper Gastrointestinal Diseases, Beijing Key Laboratory, No. BZ0371.
Institutional review board statement: The studies involving human participants were reviewed and approved by the Peking University Third Hospital Medical Ethics Committee (No. IRB00006761-M2017414).
Conflict-of-interest statement: No benefits in any form have been received or will be received from a commercial party related directly or indirectly to the subject of this article.
Data sharing statement: No additional data are available.
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Corresponding author: Shi-Gang Ding, MD, Professor, Department of Gastroenterology, Peking University Third Hospital, No. 49 Huayuan North Road, Beijing 100191, China. dingshigang222@163.com
Received: November 26, 2021
Peer-review started: November 26, 2021
First decision: December 12, 2021
Revised: December 14, 2021
Accepted: January 11, 2022
Article in press: January 11, 2022
Published online: January 21, 2022
Core Tip

Core Tip: The gastric microbiome profile of Helicobacter pylori-negative precancerous lesions is poorly understood. This is the first study, to our knowledge, to compare the microbiota differences between paired gastric mucosa and gastric juice at different stages of gastric neoplastic progression. The findings revealed that the bacterial community of gastric juice differed from that of the gastric mucosa and that Helicobacter pylori-negative gastric cancer and precancerous lesions have distinct bacterial taxa. Patients with intestinal metaplasia and dysplasia had similar gastric mucosa microbiota profiles, with Ralstonia and Rhodococcus being the most predominant genera, which could aid in prognosis prediction.