Gut microbiota in colorectal cancer development and therapy

CC Wong, J Yu - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2023 - nature.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the commonest cancers globally. A unique aspect of CRC
is its intimate association with the gut microbiota, which forms an essential part of the tumour …

Single-cell approaches in human microbiome research

V Lloréns-Rico, JA Simcock, GRB Huys, J Raes - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Microbial culturing and meta-omic profiling technologies have significantly advanced our
understanding of the taxonomic and functional variation of the human microbiome and its …

Mendelian randomization analyses support causal relationships between blood metabolites and the gut microbiome

X Liu, X Tong, Y Zou, X Lin, H Zhao, L Tian, Z Jie… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The gut microbiome has been implicated in a variety of physiological states, but controversy
over causality remains unresolved. Here, we performed bidirectional Mendelian …

A catalog of bacterial reference genomes from cultivated human oral bacteria

W Li, H Liang, X Lin, T Hu, Z Wu, W He… - npj Biofilms and …, 2023 - nature.com
The oral cavity harbors highly diverse communities of microorganisms. However, the
number of isolated species and high-quality genomes is limited. Here we present a …

Metagenomics: An effective approach for exploring microbial diversity and functions

NN Nam, HDK Do, KT Loan Trinh, NY Lee - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Various fields have been identified in the “omics” era, such as genomics, proteomics,
transcriptomics, metabolomics, phenomics, and metagenomics. Among these …

Identifying keystone species in microbial communities using deep learning

XW Wang, Z Sun, H Jia, S Michel-Mata… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Previous studies suggested that microbial communities can harbour keystone species
whose removal can cause a dramatic shift in microbiome structure and functioning. Yet, an …

Sex differences in the oral microbiome, host traits, and their causal relationships

X Liu, X Tong, Z Jie, J Zhu, L Tian, Q Sun, Y Ju, L Zou… - IScience, 2023 - cell.com
The oral microbiome has been implicated in a growing number of diseases; however,
determinants of the oral microbiome and their roles remain elusive. Here, we investigated …

Mendelian randomization analyses reveal causal relationships between the human microbiome and longevity

X Liu, L Zou, C Nie, Y Qin, X Tong, J Wang, H Yang… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Although recent studies have revealed the association between the human microbiome
especially gut microbiota and longevity, their causality remains unclear. Here, we assess the …

Metagenome-genome-wide association studies reveal human genetic impact on the oral microbiome

X Liu, X Tong, J Zhu, L Tian, Z Jie, Y Zou, X Lin… - Cell discovery, 2021 - nature.com
The oral microbiota contains billions of microbial cells, which could contribute to diseases in
many body sites. Challenged by eating, drinking, and dental hygiene on a daily basis, the …

Maternal gestational diabetes mellitus associates with altered gut microbiome composition and head circumference abnormalities in male offspring

S Wang, Y Liu, WH Tam, JYL Ching, W Xu, S Yan… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2024 - cell.com
The impact of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) on maternal or infant microbiome
trajectory remains poorly understood. Utilizing large-scale longitudinal fecal samples from …