Microbial transmission in animal social networks and the social microbiome

A Sarkar, S Harty, KVA Johnson, AH Moeller… - Nature ecology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Host-associated microbiomes play an increasingly appreciated role in animal metabolism,
immunity and health. The microbes in turn depend on their host for resources and can be …

Procedures for fecal microbiota transplantation in murine microbiome studies

SC Bokoliya, Y Dorsett, H Panier… - Frontiers in Cellular and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) has been widely recognized as an approach to
determine the microbiome's causal role in gut dysbiosis-related disease models and as a …

Faecal virome transplantation decreases symptoms of type 2 diabetes and obesity in a murine model

TS Rasmussen, CMJ Mentzel, W Kot, JL Castro-Mejía… - Gut, 2020 - gut.bmj.com
Objective Development of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are associated with gut
microbiota (GM) changes. The gut viral community is predominated by bacteriophages …

The metabolic role and therapeutic potential of the microbiome

LE Olofsson, F Bäckhed - Endocrine reviews, 2022 - academic.oup.com
We are host to an assembly of microorganisms that vary in structure and function along the
length of the gut and from the lumen to the mucosa. This ecosystem is collectively known as …

Transfer of modified gut viromes improves symptoms associated with metabolic syndrome in obese male mice

X Mao, SB Larsen, LSF Zachariassen, A Brunse… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Metabolic syndrome encompasses amongst other conditions like obesity and type-2
diabetes and is associated with gut microbiome (GM) dysbiosis. Fecal microbiota …

Bacteriophage-mediated manipulation of the gut microbiome–promises and presents limitations

TS Rasmussen, AK Koefoed… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Gut microbiome (GM) composition and function are linked to human health and disease, and
routes for manipulating the GM have become an area of intense research. Due to its high …

Fecal virus-like particles are sufficient to reduce necrotizing enterocolitis

SM Offersen, X Mao, MR Spiegelhauer, F Larsen… - Gut …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Fecal filtrate transfer (FFT) is emerging as a safer alternative to traditional fecal microbiota
transplantation (FMT)–particularly in the context of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a severe …

The gut microbiome of laboratory mice: considerations and best practices for translational research

AC Ericsson, CL Franklin - Mammalian Genome, 2021 - Springer
Just as the gut microbiota (GM) is now recognized as an integral mediator of environmental
influences on human physiology, susceptibility to disease, and response to pharmacological …

Age-associated features of norovirus infection analysed in mice

EA Kennedy, S Aggarwal, A Dhar, SM Karst… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Norovirus (NoV) is the leading global cause of viral gastroenteritis. Young children bear the
highest burden of disease and play a key role in viral transmission throughout the …

[HTML][HTML] New insights into the immune system using dirty mice

SE Hamilton, VP Badovinac, LK Beura… - The Journal of …, 2020 - journals.aai.org
The mouse (Mus musculus) is the dominant organism used to investigate the mechanisms
behind complex immunological responses because of their genetic similarity to humans and …