Microbiome Research: Where Next? - January 23, 2015

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Microbiome Research: Where Next? - January 23, 2015

Where next for microbiome research? By Matthew K. Waldor, PLOS Biology, Jan 20

What is the current state of microbiome research? Helping microbes help us, by Katherine Courage, NPR News, Jan 18

The human microbiome: Getting personal.  [PDF 147.28 KB] 
Katy Califf, et al. Microbe,  9(10) 2014

The small bowel microbiota. 
Moran C, Sheehan D, Shanahan F. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2015 Jan 19

The microbiome of the urinary tract-a role beyond infection.
Whiteside SA, et al. Nat Rev Urol. 2015 Jan 20.

Microbiota-mediated inflammation and antimicrobial defense in the intestine.
Caballero S, Pamer EG. Annu Rev Immunol. 2015 Jan 2

The infant microbiome development: mom matters.
Mueller NT, et al. Trends Mol Med. 2014 Dec 11

Fecal microbiota transplantation broadening its application beyond intestinal disorders.
Xu MQ, et al. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 Jan 7;21(1):102-111

Fecal transplant policy and legislation.
Vyas D, et al. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 Jan 7;21(1):6-11

Nutrition and the microbiome 2015.
Agostoni C, et al. Pediatr Res. 2015 Jan;77(1-2):113-4.

Cancer and the gut microbiota: An unexpected link
Laurence Zitvogel et al. Science Translational Medicine, January 21, 2015

Advances in the Microbiome: Recent Insights - December 11, 2014

Temporal variability is a personalized feature of the human microbiome. 
Gilberto E Flores et al. Genome Biology, December 3, 2014

Gut emotions - mechanisms of action of probiotics as novel therapeutic targets for depression and anxiety disorders. 
Slyepchenko A, et al. CNS Neurol Disord Drug Targets. 2014 Nov 30.

Could the improvement of obesity-related co-morbidities depend on modified gut hormones secretion? Finelli C, et al World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Nov 28;20(44):16649-16664.

Gut microbiota in alcoholic liver disease: Pathogenetic role and therapeutic perspectives.
Malaguarnera G, et al. World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Nov 28;20(44):16639-16648.

Effect of probiotic administration on the intestinal microbiota, current knowledge and potential applications. 
de Moreno de LeBlanc A, LeBlanc JG. World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Nov 28;20(44):16518-16528.

Mechanistic links between gut microbial community dynamics, microbial functions and metabolic health. 
Ha CW, et al. World J Gastroenterol. 2014 Nov 28;20(44):16498-16517.

Sequencing reveals changes in gut microbiome from PPI treatment, supports link to C. diff infection,
by Ashford M., GenomeWeb, Dec 1

Effect of non-tuberculous Mycobacteria on host biomarkers potentially relevant for tuberculosis management
Dhanasekaran S, et al. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 2014; 8(10): e3243.

Microbiome: The bacterial tightrope
Bourzac K. Nature  2014; 516: S14–S16.

The feline oral microbiome: a provisional 16S rRNA gene based taxonomy with full-length reference sequences
Dewhurst FE, et al. Vet Microbiol, Dec 1, 2014.

Microbiome and Obesity: Recent Insights - November 13, 2014

Genetics may foster bugs that keep you thin. 
Elizabeth Pennisi, Science, November 7, 2014

Human genetics shape the gut microbiome 
Julia K. Goodrich et al. Cell. Volume 159, Issue 4, p789–799, 6 November 2014

Childhood Malnutrition and the Intestinal Microbiome.
Kane AV, et al. Pediatr Res. 2014 Oct 30.

Obesity-a disease with many aetiologies disguised in the same oversized phenotype: has the overeating theory failed?
Stenvinkel P. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2014 Oct 31.

Current status and prospects of intestinal microbiome studies.
Han DS. Intestinal Res. 2014 Jul;12(3):178-83.

There is no ‘healthy’ microbiome, by Ed Yong, New York Times, Nov 1

The Microbiome and Public Health: Promise & Hype - September 4, 2014

If you think you're only human, you'd better think again, Genome Magazine, August 2014

Human microbiome science: vision for the future, Bethesda, MD, July 24 to 26, 2013.    [PDF 2.33 MB] 
Jacques Ravel et al. Microbiome, 2014,2:16

Top Science Magazine News Story for 2013:  Your body is mostly microbes-Microbiome shapes new view of animals as superorganisms, Dec 2013 

The Human Microbiome Project at the National Institutes of Health 

Nature Microbiome Nature Special Series: The human body is colonized by a vast number of microbes, collectively referred to as the human microbiota. The link between these microbes and our health is the focus of a growing number of research initiatives, and new insights are emerging rapidly.

Need for prospective cohort studies to establish human gut microbiome contributions to disease risk
J Natl Cancer Inst. 2013 Dec 18;105(24):1850-1851

The promise of the microbiome: Function and dysfunction in humans and beyond (Webinar)
Science, Jul 10, 2014--available online.

Microbiology: Microbiome science needs a healthy dose of scepticism. 
Nature20 August 2014 

Taking the yuck out of microbiome medicine, by Carl Zimmer, National Geographic, Aug 15

Do gut bacteria rule our minds?  In an ecosystem within us, microbes evolved to sway food choices,   by Jeffrey Norris, UCSF Aug 15

Analyzing the human microbiome: a "how to" guide for physicians.
Am J Gastroenterol. 2014 Jul;109(7):983-93.

When feces is the best medicine, by Amanda Schaffer, the Atlantic, Sep 3