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🇿🇲Vishal C Patel🇬🇧
@drvishalcpatel.bsky.social
Hepatologist🏥@KingsCollegeNHS | Principal Investigator Microbiome🧫🦠 cfDNA🧬@Inst_of_Hep | Reader in Hepatology @kingsmedicine🖋️ | @BoppPtrial💊📈| Home=🇿🇲
🚨 New preprint 🚨

In cirrhosis, oral👄 microbes (Veillonella, Streptococcus) translocate ↘️ gut, carry a collagenase-like enzyme (prtC), disrupt⛓️‍💥 the intestinal barrier & ⬆️ hepatic fibrosis 🧬

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Microbial oral-gut translocation in advanced chronic liver disease is linked to exacerbation of intestinal barrier dysfunction and hepatic fibrosis
While microbiome perturbations are associated with advanced chronic liver disease (ACLD), microbial disease mechanisms are poorly understood. Using multi-omics analyses of paired saliva and faecal sam...
www.biorxiv.org
September 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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💗 We lit up pink for #OrganDonationWeek.

From 22 September until Sunday 28 September, Hambleden Wing at King's College Hospital, will be pink each evening to raise awareness for #OrganDonationWeek2025

Register your #OrganDonation decision ➡️ tinyurl.com/rzberzrb

#TeamKings #LightUpPink
September 26, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Really excited that @matthewjdalby.bsky.social is able to share this exciting collaborative study with @drvishalcpatel.bsky.social - its been a long-time coming! We explore how gut #microbiome alterations drive systemic inflammation & immune dysfunction in chronic liver disease (CLD) #LiverDisease
February 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM