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Microbiome-wide association studies link dynamic microbial consortia to disease

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  • Jack A. Gilbert

    (University of Chicago)

  • Robert A. Quinn

    (University of California
    Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California
    Center for Microbiome Innovation, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California)

  • Justine Debelius

    (University of California, San Diego School of Medicine)

  • Zhenjiang Z. Xu

    (University of California, San Diego School of Medicine)

  • James Morton

    (Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California)

  • Neha Garg

    (University of California
    Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California)

  • Janet K. Jansson

    (Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)

  • Pieter C. Dorrestein

    (University of California
    Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California
    Center for Microbiome Innovation, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California
    University of California, San Diego School of Medicine)

  • Rob Knight

    (Center for Microbiome Innovation, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California
    University of California, San Diego School of Medicine
    Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California)

Abstract

Rapid advances in DNA sequencing, metabolomics, proteomics and computational tools are dramatically increasing access to the microbiome and identification of its links with disease. In particular, time-series studies and multiple molecular perspectives are facilitating microbiome-wide association studies, which are analogous to genome-wide association studies. Early findings point to actionable outcomes of microbiome-wide association studies, although their clinical application has yet to be approved. An appreciation of the complexity of interactions among the microbiome and the host's diet, chemistry and health, as well as determining the frequency of observations that are needed to capture and integrate this dynamic interface, is paramount for developing precision diagnostics and therapies that are based on the microbiome.

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  • Jack A. Gilbert & Robert A. Quinn & Justine Debelius & Zhenjiang Z. Xu & James Morton & Neha Garg & Janet K. Jansson & Pieter C. Dorrestein & Rob Knight, 2016. "Microbiome-wide association studies link dynamic microbial consortia to disease," Nature, Nature, vol. 535(7610), pages 94-103, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:535:y:2016:i:7610:d:10.1038_nature18850
    DOI: 10.1038/nature18850
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