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In this study, we examined the effects of the BBIBP-CorV vaccine (ChiCTR2000032459, sponsored by the Beijing Institute of Biological Products\/Sinopharm), on gut microbiota. Fecal samples were collected from individuals whoreceived two doses of intramuscular injection of BBIBP-CorV and matched unvaccinated controls. DNA extracted from fecal samples was subjected to 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing analysis. The composition and biological functions of the microbiota between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals were compared. Compared with unvaccinated controls, vaccinated subjects exhibited significantly reduced bacterial diversity, elevated firmicutes\/bacteroidetes (F\/B) ratios, a tendency towards Faecalibacterium-predominant enterotypes, and altered gut microbial compositions and functional potentials. Specifically, the intestinal microbiota in vaccine recipients was enriched with Faecalibacterium and Mollicutes and with a lower abundance of Prevotella, Enterococcus, Leuconostocaceae, and Weissella. Microbial function prediction by phylogenetic investigation of communities using reconstruction of unobserved states (PICRUSt) analysis further indicated that Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathways involved in carbohydrate metabolism and transcription were positively associated with vaccine inoculation, whereas capacities in neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, and cancers were negatively affected by vaccines. Vaccine inoculation was particularly associated with gut microbiota alterations, as was demonstrated by the improved composition and functional capacities of gut microbiota.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/vaccines11050942","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,5]],"date-time":"2023-05-05T03:57:31Z","timestamp":1683259051000},"page":"942","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["BBIBP-CorV Vaccination against the SARS-CoV-2 Virus Affects the Gut Microbiome"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Yang","family":"Shen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Nephrology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ying","family":"Dong","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Heart Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Hypertension, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China"},{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jie","family":"Jiao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Heart Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Hypertension, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China"},{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Pan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Heart Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Hypertension, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China"},{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mulei","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Heart Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Hypertension, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China"},{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5102-4315","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jing","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Heart Center and Beijing Key Laboratory of Hypertension, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China"},{"name":"Department of Cardiology, Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100020, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,5,4]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"470","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(20)30185-9","article-title":"A novel coronavirus outbreak of global health concern","volume":"395","author":"Wang","year":"2020","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref_2","unstructured":"(2023, April 28). 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