Microbiome: The Quest for Balance - September 17, 2015

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Microbiome: The Quest for Balance - September 17, 2015

Rethinking heritability of the microbiome
Edward J. van Opstal et al. Science, September 11, 2015

The human gut microbiome as a transporter of antibiotic resistance genes between continents.
Bengtsson-Palme J, et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother.2015 Aug 10. pii: AAC.00933-15.

Germs and joints: the contribution of the human microbiome to rheumatoid arthritis
Geraint BR, Nature Medicine, August 6, 2015

Antibiotics and the developing infant gut microbiota and resistome.
Gibson MK et al. Curr. Opin. Microbiol. 2015 Jul 31. 51-56

The intestinal microbiome and health.
Tuddenham S et al. Curr. Opin. Infect. Dis. 2015 Jul 31.

Manipulating microbes: New toolbox for better health? By Francis Collins, NIH Director Blog, July 14

Stopping superbugs, maintaining the microbiota
Nizet V , Science Translational Medicine, July 8, 2015

Can the bacteria in your gut explain your mood? By PA Smith, New York Times, June 23

Fate, activity, and impact of ingested bacteria within the human gut microbiota.
Derrien M et al. Trends Microbiol. 2015 Jun (6) 354-366

Fecal microbiota in healthy subjects following omnivore, vegetarian and vegan diets: Culturable populations and rRNA DGGE profiling.
Ferrocino Il et al. PLoS ONE 2015 (6) e0128669

Use of the microbiome in the practice of epidemiology: A primer on -omic technologies
Foxman B et al. Am J Epidemiology, May 29, 2015

The quest for balance.
Goyal L et al. Cell Host Microbe 2015 May 13. (5) 537

Birth of the infant gut microbiome: moms deliver twice!
Frese SA et al. Cell Host Microbe 2015 May 13. (5) 543-4

Friend turned foe: a role for bacterial sulfatases in colitis.
Chatzidaki-Livanis M et al. Cell Host Microbe 2015 May 13. (5) 540-1

IgG "detoxes" the intestinal mucosa.
Eckmann L et al. Cell Host Microbe 2015 May 13. (5) 538-9

Microbiota and autoimmunity: exploring new avenues.
Yurkovetskiy LA et al. Cell Host Microbe 2015 May 13. (5) 548-552

Antibiotics, pediatric dysbiosis, and disease.
Vangay P et al. Cell Host Microbe 2015 May 13. (5) 553-564

Control of brain development, function, and behavior by the microbiome.
Sampson TR et al. Cell Host Microbe 2015 May 13. (5) 565-576

An integrative view of microbiome-host interactions in inflammatory bowel diseases.
Wlodarska M et al. Cell Host Microbe 2015 May 13. (5) 577-591

Microbiota in allergy and asthma and the emerging relationship with the gut microbiome.
Fujimura E et al. Cell Host Microbe 2015 May 13. (5) 592-602

Dynamics and stabilization of the human gut microbiome during the first year of life.
Bäckhed F et al. Cell Host Microbe 2015 May 13. (5) 690-703

Innovations in the Microbiome - May 6, 2015

The rise of the microbiome: Challenges and opportunities, by Jonathan Eisen, Power Point Presentation, April 2015

Unraveling the influence of gut microbes on the mind.
Friedrich MJ et al. JAMA 2015 May 5. (17) 1699-1701

Introducing npj biofilms and microbiomes
New series will feature new findings on microbial communities: how member organisms interact at various levels; how they influence their respective environments

Cancer and the microbiota
WS G, Science, April 3, 2015

Could a healthy microbiome protect you from environmental chemicals? NIEHS Podcast, Mar 2

What is the Human microbiome? From the Genetic Science Learning Center, University of Utah

Separating the microbiome from the hyperbolome.
Shanahan Fergus et al. Genome Med 2015 (1) 17

The microbes within. 
David Grogan. Nature 518, S2 (26 February 2015)

Gut microbiome: The peacekeepers
M Velasquez-Manoff, Nature, February 26, 2015

Why microbiome treatments could pay off soon
Rob Knight, Nature, February 26, 2015

The gene-microbe link
Ruth Ley, Nature, February 26, 2015

Your microbes at work: Fiber fermenters keep us healthy
Nature, February 26, 2015

Microbiome engineering
Justin Sonnenberg, Nature, February 26, 2015

Mental health: thinking from the gut
Charles Schmidt, Nature, February 26, 2015

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) for Clostridium difficile infection: Focus on immunocompromised patients.
Di Bella Stefano et al. J. Infect. Chemother. 2015 Jan 31.

The microbiome: a contributor to health and disease.
Walker Bailus et al. J Health Care Poor Underserved 2015 (1) 62-72

Stress and the commensal microbiota: importance in parturition and infant neurodevelopment.
Gur Tamar L et al. Front Psychiatry 2015 5

The immunity-diet-microbiota axis in the development of metabolic syndrome.
Brandsma Eelke et al. Curr. Opin. Lipidol. 2015 Feb 16.

The skin microbiome: is there a role in the pathogenesis of atopic dermatitis and psoriasis?
Sanchez David A et al. J Drugs Dermatol 2015 Feb 1. (2) 127-30

Pathogenesis of Crohn's disease: Bug or no bug.
Bosca-Watts Marta Maia et al. World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol 2015 Feb 15. (1) 1-12

Gut microbiota and liver diseases.
Minemura Masami et al. World J. Gastroenterol. 2015 Feb 14. (6) 1691-702

Human microbiome: When a friend becomes an enemy.
Muszer Magdalena et al. Arch. Immunol. Ther. Exp. (Warsz.) 2015 Feb 15.

The Microbiome - Partnerships for Environmental Public Health (PEPH), NIH, NIEHS, Mar 2

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