Among the patients who developed gastrointestinal side effects, the number of gut bacteria such as Sutterella , Allisonella , Akkermansia , Bacteroides , and Paraprevotella species was significantly elevated (Bryrup et al., 2019), which may be a possible cause of gastrointestinal discomfort reactions in some patients
Funding: This work was supported by grants from the Science and Technology Innovation 2030-Major Project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China, the National Natural Science Foundation of Distinguished Young Scholars, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Fundamental and Interdisciplinary Disciplines Breakthrough Plan of the Ministry of Education of China, the Major Science and Technology Projects in Jiangsu Province, the Natural Science Foundation Outstanding Youth Fund of Jiangsu Province, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, the Jiangsu Province High-Level Hospital Construction Funds of Zhongda Hospital, School of Medicine, Southeast University, and the Nanjing U35 Strong Foundation Program
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