Variations in gut microbial profiles in ankylosing spondylitis: disease phenotype-related dysbiosis

Microbial involvement in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) has been suggested; however, the relationship between gut microbiome and the disease phenotypes of AS remains to be established. This study was to characterize and investigate differences in the gut microbiome between AS patients and healthy controls (HCs), and to determine whether the gut microbiome profile associated with the disease phenotypes.16S rRNA gene V4 region sequencing was...