[HTML][HTML] Mouse microbiota models: comparing germ-free mice and antibiotics treatment as tools for modifying gut bacteria

EA Kennedy, KY King, MT Baldridge - Frontiers in physiology, 2018‏ - frontiersin.org
As the intestinal microbiota has become better appreciated as necessary for maintenance of
physiologic homeostasis and also as a modulator of disease processes, there has been a …

The healthy human microbiome

J Lloyd-Price, G Abu-Ali, C Huttenhower - Genome medicine, 2016‏ - Springer
Humans are virtually identical in their genetic makeup, yet the small differences in our DNA
give rise to tremendous phenotypic diversity across the human population. By contrast, the …

Laboratory mice born to wild mice have natural microbiota and model human immune responses

SP Rosshart, J Herz, BG Vassallo, A Hunter, MK Wall… - Science, 2019‏ - science.org
INTRODUCTION Laboratory mice are a mainstay of biomedical research and have been
instrumental for many important discoveries in the field of immunology. However, there are …

Wild mouse gut microbiota promotes host fitness and improves disease resistance

SP Rosshart, BG Vassallo, D Angeletti, DS Hutchinson… - Cell, 2017‏ - cell.com
Laboratory mice, while paramount for understanding basic biological phenomena, are
limited in modeling complex diseases of humans and other free-living mammals. Because …

[HTML][HTML] Rebuilding the gut microbiota ecosystem

A Gagliardi, V Totino, F Cacciotti, V Iebba… - International journal of …, 2018‏ - mdpi.com
A microbial ecosystem in which bacteria no longer live in a mutualistic association is called
dysbiotic. Gut microbiota dysbiosis is a condition related with the pathogenesis of intestinal …

The role of the gut microbiota in NAFLD

C Leung, L Rivera, JB Furness… - … reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2016‏ - nature.com
NAFLD is now the most common cause of liver disease in Western countries. This Review
explores the links between NAFLD, the metabolic syndrome, dysbiosis, poor diet and gut …

Characterization of the gut microbiome using 16S or shotgun metagenomics

J Jovel, J Patterson, W Wang, N Hotte… - Frontiers in …, 2016‏ - frontiersin.org
The advent of next generation sequencing (NGS) has enabled investigations of the gut
microbiome with unprecedented resolution and throughput. This has stimulated the …

[HTML][HTML] Alterations in enteric virome are associated with colorectal cancer and survival outcomes

G Nakatsu, H Zhou, WKK Wu, SH Wong, OO Coker… - Gastroenterology, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Background & Aims Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) have a different gut microbiome
signature than individuals without CRC. Little is known about the viral component of CRC …

Disease-specific alterations in the enteric virome in inflammatory bowel disease

JM Norman, SA Handley, MT Baldridge, L Droit, CY Liu… - Cell, 2015‏ - cell.com
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 …

Early life dynamics of the human gut virome and bacterial microbiome in infants

ES Lim, Y Zhou, G Zhao, IK Bauer, L Droit, IM Ndao… - Nature medicine, 2015‏ - nature.com
The early years of life are important for immune development and influence health in
adulthood. Although it has been established that the gut bacterial microbiome is rapidly …