Decreased bacterial diversity in patients with psoriatic arthritis

“Patients with PsA had a lower relative abundance of multiple intestinal bacteria. PsA samples had a lower abundance of reportedly beneficial taxa. This gut microbiota profile in PsA was similar to that previously described in patients with inflammatory bowel disease and was associated with changes in specific inflammatory proteins unique to this group”

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Scher JU, Ubeda C, Artacho A, Attur M, Isaac S, Reddy SM, Marmon S, Neimann A, Brusca S, Patel T, Manasson J, Pamer EG, Littman DR, Abramson SB. Decreased bacterial diversity characterizes the altered gut microbiota in patients with psoriatic arthritis, resembling dysbiosis in inflammatory bowel disease. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015 Jan;67(1):128-39. doi: 10.1002/art.38892. PMID: 25319745; PMCID: PMC4280348.