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World J Gastrointest Surg. Apr 27, 2026; 18(4): 116918
Published online Apr 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i4.116918
Published online Apr 27, 2026. doi: 10.4240/wjgs.v18.i4.116918
Table 1 Summary of gut microbiota alterations in acute pancreatitis
| Ref. | Type of sample | Subjects | Sequencing methods | Phylum | Genus | Species |
| Zhang et al[10] | Fecal | AP (n = 45) vs healthy volunteers (n = 44) | 16S rRNA sequencing | Increase: Bacteroidota, Pseudomonadota. Decrease: Bacillota, Actinomycetota | - | - |
| Gong et al[11] | Fecal | AP (n = 12) vs healthy controls (n = 12) | Metagenomics and culturomics | Increase: Bacillota, Pseudomonadota. Decrease: Bacteroidota | Increase: Enterococcus, Klebsiella. Decrease: Bacteroides, Eubacterium | Increase: Enterococcus faecium, Enterococcus faecalis, unclassified Enterococcus, Escherichia coli. Decrease: Unclassified Bacteroides, Eubacterium rectale, Prevotella copri |
| Xie et al[12] | Fecal | AP (n = 86) vs healthy controls (n = 46) | 16S rRNA sequencing | - | Increase: Enterococcus, Pseudomonas, Escherichia-Shigella. Decrease: Akkermansia, Lachnoclostridium, Ruminococcus | - |
| Hu et al[13] | Fecal | AP (n = 65) vs healthy volunteers (n = 20) | 16S rRNA gene sequencing | Increase: Pseudomonadota, Bacteroidota | Increase: Escherichia-Shigella, Bacteroides, Enterococcus. Decrease: Bifidobacterium | Increase: Clostridium ramosum. Decrease: Bifidobacterium longum |
| He et al[14] | Fecal | SAP (n = 73) vs healthy volunteers (n = 28) | - | Increase: Pseudomonadota. Decrease: Bacillota, Actinomycetota | Increase: Escherichia-Shigella, Enterococcus, Klebsiella. Decrease: Blautia, Bifidobacterium, Romboutsia | - |
| Wang et al[15] | Fecal | SAP vs mild AP | 16S rRNA sequencing | Increase: Pseudomonadota, Planctomycetota | Increase: Stenotrophomonas, Enterobacter | Increase: Cloacibacillus evryensis |
| Ammer-Herrmenau et al[16] | Fecal | SAP (n = 28) vs non-SAP (n = 363) | Metagenomic sequencing | - | - | Increase: Parabacteroides distasonis, Enterocloster bolteae, Flavonifractor plautii, Dysosmobacter welbionis, Anaerobutyricum hallii, Roseburia hominis, Clostridium CCN A10. Decrease: Lachnospiraceae sp., Lachnospira GAM79, Lachnospira eligens, Finegoldia magna, Peptostreptococcus anaerobius, Porphyromonas asaccharolytica, Lawsonella clevelandensis, Streptococcus pyogenes, Anaerococcus mediterraneensis |
| Zhao et al[17] | Ileum tissues | AP mice (n = 15) vs control group (n = 10) | 16S rRNA sequencing | Increase: Verrucomicrobiota. Decrease: Deferribacterota, Actinomycetota, Campylobacterota | Increase: Muribaculum, Akkermansia, Parabacteroides, Oscillospiraceae_unclassified, Bacteroides. Decrease: Helicobacter, Dietzia | - |
| Fu et al[18] | Cecal contents | AP mice vs control group | 16S rRNA sequencing | Increase: Pseudomonadota, Bacillota. Decrease: Bacteroidota | Increase: Escherichia-Shigella, Bacteroides, Helicobacter. Decrease: Blautia | - |
| Zhang et al[19] | Colonic contents | SAP mice vs sham-operated group | RNA and assay for transposase accessible chromatin sequencing | Increase: Pseudomonadota. Decrease: Bacillota | Increase: Escherichia-Shigella, Morganella, Flagellated bacteria. Decrease: Lactobacillus | - |
- Citation: Ye XT, Yu CY, Zhao HY, Qian ST, Huang Y, Liu QS. Exploring the mechanism and potential treatment of severe acute pancreatitis-associated lung injury based on the gut-lung axis. World J Gastrointest Surg 2026; 18(4): 116918
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- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4240/wjgs.v18.i4.116918
