Review Article

Gut Microbiota Profile in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Based on 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing: A Systematic Review

Table 1

Summary of all studies included in this systematic review.

Author
Year
Country
Number
Cases
Controls
Mean age
Cases
Controls
Female/male
Cases
Controls
Sample type16S rRNA gene sequencing (including DNA extraction, sequenced region, sequencing platform, analysis platform, referred database)Indices of microbial diversityMajor findings (compared with control)

Cinek [21]
2018
Azerbaijan
Jordan
Nigeria
Sudan
73
103
11.7 (7.8-13.7)
11.3 (8.1-13.7)
37/33
51/52
Fecal samplesPowerSoil DNA Isolation Kit
V4 regions
Illumina MiSeq platform
Qiime
Silva database
Numbers of OTUs
Chao1 index
ACE index
Shannon index
Simpson index
Fisher index
Escherichia
Eubacterium and Roseburia
Clostridium clusters IV or XIVa
Higuchi [22]
2018
Brazil
20
28

14/6
18/10
Stool samplesPowerSoil DNA Isolation Kit
V3-V4 regions
Illumina MiSeq platform
Mothur
RDP
Numbers of OTUs
Chao1 index
Bifidobacterium and Roseburia
Bacteroides vulgatus, Bacteroides rodentium, Prevotella copri, and Bacteroides xylanisolvens
Huang [23]
2018
China
12
10

7/5
5/5
Fecal samplesE.Z.N.A. Mag-Bind Soil DNA Kit
V3-V4 regions
Illumina MiSeq platform
Qiime
RDP
Numbers of OTUs
Chao index
Shannon index
Simpson index
Bacteroidetes/Firmicutes ratio
Faecalibacterium
Leiva-Gea [24]
2018
Spain
15
13

8/7
6/7
Fecal samplesQIAamp DNA Stool Mini Kit
V2-V3 regions
454 platform
Qiime
Greengenes database
Shannon index
Chao index
↓Microbiota diversity
Bacteroides, Ruminococcus, Veillonella, Blautia, and Streptococcus
Bifidobacterium, Roseburia, Faecalibacterium, and Lachnospira
Salamon [25]
2018
Poland
22
23
36 (31-47)
37 (31-48)
16/6
16/7
Fecal samplesGenomic Mini AX Stool Spin
V3-V4 regions
Illumina MiSeq platform
Qiime
Greengenes database
NAThe microbial diversity and/or composition of fecal samples in T1D did not differ significantly from those in controls
de Groot [26]
2017
Netherlands
53
50

25/28
24/26
Fecal samplesBead-beating protocol
V1-V2 regions
Illumina MiSeq platform
Qiime, Canoco 5, R-studio
Database not specified
Shannon indexBacteriodales, Christensenella, Bifidobacterium, Ruminococcus, Christensenellaceae, and Chloroplast
Subdoligranulum, Streptococcus, Barnesiella, Haemophilus, Roseburia, and Rhodospirillales
Pellegrini [27]
2017
Italy
19
16
34 (6-65)
38 (10-56)
9/10
9/7
Biopsy samplesmirVana Kit
V3-V5 regions
454 platform
Qiime
Database not specified
Chao1 indexProteobacteria and Bacteroidetes
Firmicutes
Firmicutes/Bacteroidetes ratio
Streptococcus
Prevotella
Stewart [28]
2017
UK
10
10

0/10
0/10
Fecal samplesPowerLyzer™ PowerSoil® DNA Isolation Kit
V4 regions
Illumina MiSeq platform
Mothur
Silva database
Shannon indexNo significant difference was reported between the bacterial profiles or the Shannon diversity indices of T1D compared with controls
Qi [29]
2016
China
15
15

7/8
7/8
Fecal samplesE.Z.N.A.®DNA Kit
V3-V4 regions
Illumina MiSeq Platform
Qiime
Silva database
Shannon index
Chao index
↓Microbiota richness
Blautia
Haemophilus, Lachnospira, Pasteurellales, Pasteurellaceae, Intestinimonas, Micrococcales, Dialister, and Caulobacterales
Intestinimonas
Mejia-Leon [30]
2014
Mexico
21
8

NAStool samplesQIAamp DNA Stool Mini Kit
V4 regions
454 platform
Qiime
RDP
Chao indexBacteroides
Prevotella, Megamonas, and Acidaminococcus