Microbiome and human health: current understanding, engineering, and enabling technologies

N Aggarwal, S Kitano, GRY Puah, S Kittelmann… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The human microbiome is composed of a collection of dynamic microbial communities that
inhabit various anatomical locations in the body. Accordingly, the coevolution of the …

Microbiota succession throughout life from the cradle to the grave

C Martino, AH Dilmore, ZM Burcham… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Associations between age and the human microbiota are robust and reproducible. The
microbial composition at several body sites can predict human chronological age relatively …

[HTML][HTML] Design, construction, and in vivo augmentation of a complex gut microbiome

AG Cheng, PY Ho, A Aranda-Díaz, S Jain, BY Feiqiao… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Efforts to model the human gut microbiome in mice have led to important insights into the
mechanisms of host-microbe interactions. However, the model communities studied to date …

Defining and quantifying the core microbiome: challenges and prospects

AT Neu, EE Allen, K Roy - Proceedings of the National …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
The term “core microbiome” has become widely used in microbial ecology over the last
decade. Broadly, the core microbiome refers to any set of microbial taxa, or the genomic and …

Long-term dietary patterns are associated with pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory features of the gut microbiome

LA Bolte, AV Vila, F Imhann, V Collij, R Gacesa… - Gut, 2021 - gut.bmj.com
Objective The microbiome directly affects the balance of pro-inflammatory and anti-
inflammatory responses in the gut. As microbes thrive on dietary substrates, the question …

Roles of intestinal Parabacteroides in human health and diseases

Y Cui, L Zhang, X Wang, Y Yi, Y Shan… - FEMS microbiology …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The stability of gut microbiota is essential for the host's health. Parabacteroides spp., core
members of the human gut microbiota, have an average abundance of 1.27% in humans of …

Fermented foods, health and the gut microbiome

NK Leeuwendaal, C Stanton, PW O'toole, TP Beresford - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Fermented foods have been a part of human diet for almost 10,000 years, and their level of
diversity in the 21st century is substantial. The health benefits of fermented foods have been …

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and the microbiome—searching the crime scene for clues

M Lee, EB Chang - Gastroenterology, 2021 - Elsevier
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) develop via convergence of environmental, microbial,
immunological, and genetic factors. Alterations in the gut microbiota have been associated …

Candida albicans—The Virulence Factors and Clinical Manifestations of Infection

J Talapko, M Juzbašić, T Matijević, E Pustijanac… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
Candida albicans is a common commensal fungus that colonizes the oropharyngeal cavity,
gastrointestinal and vaginal tract, and healthy individuals' skin. In 50% of the population, C …

High-fat, western-style diet, systemic inflammation, and gut microbiota: a narrative review

IJ Malesza, M Malesza, J Walkowiak, N Mussin… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
The gut microbiota is responsible for recovering energy from food, providing hosts with
vitamins, and providing a barrier function against exogenous pathogens. In addition, it is …