Journal: Scientific reports
Article Title: Increased levels of oral Streptococcus-derived D-alanine in patients with chronic kidney disease and diabetes mellitus.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-26175-1
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 5. Association between oral Streptococcus species and d-alanine (D-Ala) levels. (A) Rates of isolation of Streptococcus species from saliva. (B) D-Ala levels in the culture supernatants of S. parasanguinis and S. oralis. (C) D-Ala levels in the culture supernatants of Streptococcus species from the American Type Culture Collection. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001 (one-way ANOVA). CKD chronic kidney disease, DM diabetes mellitus, HD hemodialysis.
Article Snippet: Moreover, the effects of age, gender, dietary D -A la S. parasanguinis (Patients) Streptococcus (ATCC) S. oralis (Patients) * 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 C (nmol/ml) B *** * ** Healthy controls S.parasanguinis S.oralis CKD S.parasanguinis S.oralis HD S.parasanguinis S.oralis n = 8 n = 6 n = 10 (%) A Patients with CKD without DM (n = 4) Patients with CKD and DM (n = 2) Patients without DM on HD (n =4) Patients with DM on HD (n = 6) Patients with CKD without DM (n = 2) Patients with CKD and DM (n = 2) Patients without DM on HD (n = 3) Patients with DM on HD (n = 5) Patients with CKD without DM (n = 2) Patients with CKD and DM (n = 0) Patients without DM on HD (n = 1) Patients with DM on HD (n = 1) (nmol/ml) (nmol/ml) Figure 5.
Techniques: Isolation