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668A AASLD ABSTRACTS HEPATOLOGY, October, 2015<br />

LIF vs. PDFF in unselected (dots) and confirmed NASH (squares)<br />

populations.<br />

932<br />

Akkermansia Muciniphila Is Decreased In Patients With<br />

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease<br />

Tarkan Karakan 1 , Ceren Gundogdu 2 , Meltem Yalinaycirak 2 , Mehmet<br />

Ibis 1 ; 1 Gastroenterology, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey;<br />

2 Medical Microbiology, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey<br />

Objective The bacterial overgrowth in the intestine, disruption<br />

of the balance in the gut microbiota (dysbiosis) may have an<br />

effect on NAFLD pathogenesis. Previous reports suggest a beneficial<br />

role of Akkermansia muciniphila in obesity and metabolic<br />

syndrome. The purpose of the present study is to compare<br />

the gut microbiota of the patients with NAFLD and the healthy<br />

controls by quantitative Real Time PCR (qPCR) analysis. In<br />

order to understood the potential role of gut dysbiosis and subsequent<br />

translocation of bacterial products, serum endotoxin<br />

levels were also been analyzed. Methods The stool and serum<br />

samples from 52 NAFLD patients and 38 healthy controls have<br />

been collected. qPCR analysis of Akkermansia muciniphila,<br />

Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, Lactobacillus spp., Bifidobacterium<br />

spp., Bacteroides fragilis group was performed. Serum<br />

endotoxin levels were also determined by Chromogenic LAL<br />

Assay. Results Akkermansia muciniphila and Bacteroides fragilis<br />

group were significantly lower in patients with NAFLD as<br />

compared with the healthy control (p

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