At birth, neonates provide a vast habitat awaiting microbial colonization. Microbiome
assembly is a complex process involving microbial seeding and succession driven by …

Various fields have been identified in the “omics” era, such as genomics, proteomics,
transcriptomics, metabolomics, phenomics, and metagenomics. Among these …

Although the impact of host genetics on gut microbial diversity and the abundance of specific
taxa is well established,,,,–, little is known about how host genetics regulates the genetic …

The gut microbiome modulates immune and metabolic health. Human microbiome data are
biased toward industrialized populations, limiting our understanding of non-industrialized …

Humans and other primates harbour complex gut bacterial communities that influence
health and disease, but the evolutionary histories of these symbioses remain unclear. This is …

The gut microbiota not only constitutes intestinal microenvironment homeostasis and human
health but also exerts indispensable roles in the occurrence and progression of multiple liver …

Abstract 'Westernization', which incorporates industrial, cultural and dietary trends, has
paralleled the rise of noncommunicable diseases across the globe. Today, the Western-style …

The last decade of microbiome research has highlighted its fundamental role in systemic
immune and metabolic homeostasis. The microbiome plays a prominent role during …

A thriving multi-kingdom microbial ecosystem inhabits the respiratory tract: the respiratory
tract microbiome (RTM). In recent years, the contribution of the RTM to human health has …

Industrialized diets that incorporate processed foods and are often high in simple sugars
and fats and low in fiber have myriad health impacts, many of which may operate via impacts …