Gut microbiota dysbiosis may shed light on synovial abnormality in hand osteoarthritis
Patients with hand synovial abnormalities in osteoarthritis demonstrate an abundance of two specific species of gut microbiota, according to findings presented at the 2022 OARSI World Congress.Jie Wei, PhD, of the Health Management Center at Xiangya Hospital Central South University, and colleagues, aimed to determine whether abnormalities in the gut would be implicated in hand osteoarthritis.“We also wanted to evaluate the extent to which the association was mediated by bile acids,” Wei said.The study population was gathered from the Xiangya Osteoarthritis (XO) study, aRead More
