Functional profiling of the gut microbiome in disease-associated inflammation

Genome Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Börnigen, Daniela ^a,b   Morgan, Xochitl C ^a,b   Franzosa, Eric A ^a,b   Ren, Boyu ^a   Xavier, Ramnik J ^b,c   Garrett, Wendy S ^a,b,d,e   Huttenhower, Curtis ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCOSIDASE; HEMERYTHRIN; INTERLEUKIN 17; ORNITHINE; PYRUVIC ACID; RNA 16S; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; VITAMIN D;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLERGY; ANTIBODY TITER; ATOPY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CELIAC DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTERITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLYCOLYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLOMICS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REMISSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 84880931423     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gm469     Document Type: Review

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