Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that is characterized by chronic
inflammation of any part of the gastrointestinal tract, has a progressive and destructive …

Background & Aims Altering the intestinal microbiota has been proposed as a treatment for
inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs), but there are no established associations between …

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) are a group of chronic gastrointestinal inflammatory
diseases with unknown etiology. There is a combination of well documented factors in their …

The gut microbiome profoundly affects human health and disease, and their infecting viruses
are likely as important, but often missed because of reference database limitations. Here, we …

In the twenty first century, the changing epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
globally with increasing disease incidence across many countries relates to the altered gut …

All animals studied to date are associated with symbiotic communities of microorganisms.
These animal microbiotas often play important roles in normal physiological function and …

Decreases in the diversity of enteric bacterial populations are observed in patients with
Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Less is known about the virome in these …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic relapsing–remitting systemic disease of the
gastrointestinal tract. It is well established that the gut microbiome has a profound impact on …

The gut microbiome is widely accepted to have a significant impact on human health yet,
despite years of research on this complex ecosystem, the contributions of different forces …

In the 21st century, urbanization represents a major demographic shift in developed and
developing countries. Rapid urbanization in the developing world has been associated with …