A modular organization of the human intestinal mucosal microbiota and its association with inflammatory bowel disease

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Tong, Maomeng ^a   Li, Xiaoxiao ^b   Parfrey, Laura Wegener ^c   Roth, Bennett ^a   Ippoliti, Andrew ^b   Wei, Bo ^a   Borneman, James ^d   McGovern, Dermot P B ^b   Frank, Daniel N ^e   Li, Ellen ^f   Horvath, Steve ^a   Knight, Rob ^c   Braun, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCAN; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSBIOSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMISSION; RNA GENE; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; METAGENOME; MICROBIOTA; PHENOTYPE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S;

EID: 84896728998     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080702     Document Type: Article

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