A prospective study of long-term intake of dietary fiber and risk of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis

AN Ananthakrishnan, H Khalili, GG Konijeti… - Gastroenterology, 2013 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Increased intake of dietary fiber has been proposed to reduce the risk of
inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's disease [CD] and ulcerative colitis [UC]). However, few …

[HTML][HTML] Defining a healthy human gut microbiome: current concepts, future directions, and clinical applications

F Bäckhed, CM Fraser, Y Ringel, ME Sanders… - Cell host & …, 2012 - cell.com
Indigenous microbiota are an essential component in the modern concept of human health,
but the composition and functional characteristics of a healthy microbiome remain to be …

Defining the core microbiome in corals' microbial soup

A Hernandez-Agreda, RD Gates, TD Ainsworth - Trends in microbiology, 2017 - cell.com
Corals are considered one of the most complex microbial biospheres studied to date,
hosting thousands of bacterial phylotypes in species-specific associations. There are …

[HTML][HTML] Individual diet has sex-dependent effects on vertebrate gut microbiota

DI Bolnick, LK Snowberg, PE Hirsch, CL Lauber… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Vertebrates harbour diverse communities of symbiotic gut microbes. Host diet is known to
alter microbiota composition, implying that dietary treatments might alleviate diseases …

Associating microbiome composition with environmental covariates using generalized UniFrac distances

J Chen, K Bittinger, ES Charlson, C Hoffmann… - …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Motivation: The human microbiome plays an important role in human disease and health.
Identification of factors that affect the microbiome composition can provide insights into …

Role of microbial communities in the pathogenesis of periodontal diseases and caries

A Mira, A Simon‐Soro, MA Curtis - Journal of clinical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The microbiological characteristics of both caries and periodontal disease show significant
change from those in health. In both instances, there is evidence of co‐association of …

[HTML][HTML] Brain injury induces specific changes in the caecal microbiota of mice via altered autonomic activity and mucoprotein production

A Houlden, M Goldrick, D Brough, ES Vizi… - Brain, behavior, and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Intestinal microbiota are critical for health with changes associated with diverse human
diseases. Research suggests that altered intestinal microbiota can profoundly affect brain …

Establishment of intestinal microbiota during early life: a longitudinal, explorative study of a large cohort of Danish infants

A Bergström, TH Skov, MI Bahl… - Applied and …, 2014 - Am Soc Microbiol
Fecal samples were obtained from a cohort of 330 healthy Danish infants at 9, 18, and 36
months after birth, enabling characterization of interbacterial relationships by use of …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

[HTML][HTML] The relationship between choline bioavailability from diet, intestinal microbiota composition, and its modulation of human diseases

N Arias, S Arboleya, J Allison, A Kaliszewska… - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Choline is a water-soluble nutrient essential for human life. Gut microbial metabolism of
choline results in the production of trimethylamine (TMA), which, upon absorption by the host …