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

Many species, including humans, host communities of symbiotic microbes. There is a vast
literature on the ways these microbiomes affect hosts, but here we argue for an increased …

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 …

Hyperuricemia induces inflammatory arthritis and accelerates the progression of renal and
cardiovascular diseases. Gut microbiota has been linked to the development of …

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

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