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. 2023 Apr 14;14:1114586. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1114586

Figure 3.

Figure 3

Glucocorticoids aid in reestablishing a healthy gut microbiome in patients with PV. (A, B) The α-diversity and β-diversity of the gut microbiome in the pre-treatment and post-treatment groups; (C) After one month of glucocorticoid therapy, Escherichia coli decreased in relative abundance in the responder group and increased in the non-responder group (* represents statistical significance with the P value <0.05 using paired t-test); (D) The relative abundance of probiotics (Eubacterium ventriosum) reduced in the PV group increased after treatment with glucocorticoids (*represents statistical significance with the P value <0.05 using paired t-test). PV, pemphigus vulgaris; PCoA, principal coordinates analysis.