Challenges and future directions for studying effects of host genetics on the gut microbiome

S Sanna, A Kurilshikov, A van der Graaf, J Fu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The human gut microbiome is a complex ecosystem that is involved in its host's metabolism,
immunity and health. Although interindividual variations in gut microbial composition are …

Microbiota–gut–brain axis and its therapeutic applications in neurodegenerative diseases

JS Loh, WQ Mak, LKS Tan, CX Ng, HH Chan… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
The human gastrointestinal tract is populated with a diverse microbial community. The vast
genetic and metabolic potential of the gut microbiome underpins its ubiquity in nearly every …

Disentangling the genetic basis of rhizosphere microbiome assembly in tomato

BO Oyserman, SS Flores, T Griffioen, X Pan… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Microbiomes play a pivotal role in plant growth and health, but the genetic factors involved in
microbiome assembly remain largely elusive. Here, we map the molecular features of the …

Role of the microbiome in gut-heart-kidney cross talk

G Glorieux, SK Nigam, R Vanholder… - Circulation …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Homeostasis is a prerequisite for health. When homeostasis becomes disrupted, dysfunction
occurs. This is especially the case for the gut microbiota, which under normal conditions …

Compositional data analysis of microbiome and any-omics datasets: a validation of the additive logratio transformation

M Greenacre, M Martínez-Álvaro, A Blasco - Frontiers in microbiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Microbiome and omics datasets are, by their intrinsic biological nature, of high
dimensionality, characterized by counts of large numbers of components (microbial genes …

Gut microbiome studies in CKD: opportunities, pitfalls and therapeutic potential

H Krukowski, S Valkenburg, AM Madella… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Interest in gut microbiome dysbiosis and its potential association with the development and
progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) has increased substantially in the past 6 years …

Waste not, want not: revisiting the analysis that called into question the practice of rarefaction

PD Schloss - Msphere, 2024 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT In 2014, McMurdie and Holmes published the provocatively titled “Waste not,
want not: why rarefying microbiome data is inadmissible.” The claims of their study have …

[HTML][HTML] Diurnal oscillations in gut bacterial load and composition eclipse seasonal and lifetime dynamics in wild meerkats

A Risely, K Wilhelm, T Clutton-Brock… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Circadian rhythms in gut microbiota composition are crucial for metabolic function, yet the
extent to which they govern microbial dynamics compared to seasonal and lifetime …

Overview of data preprocessing for machine learning applications in human microbiome research

E Ibrahimi, MB Lopes, X Dhamo, A Simeon… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Although metagenomic sequencing is now the preferred technique to study microbiome-host
interactions, analyzing and interpreting microbiome sequencing data presents challenges …

Gut microbiome signatures and host colonization with multidrug-resistant bacteria

NS Isles, A Mu, JC Kwong, BP Howden… - Trends in Microbiology, 2022 - cell.com
The human gut is host to a diverse range of microorganisms that offer protection against
colonization by multidrug-resistant bacteria. Antibiotic use, medications, health conditions …