How informative is the mouse for human gut microbiota research?

DMM Disease Models and Mechanisms

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-16

  Nguyen, Thi Loan Anh ^a,b,c   Vieira Silva, Sara ^a,b,c   Liston, Adrian ^a,b   Raes, Jeroen ^a,b,c  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gut microbiota; Humanized mouse models; Mouse core gut microbiota; Mouse models; Mouse pan gut microbiota

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HOUSING; ARTICLE; BLAUTIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLON MUCOSA; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAECALIBACTERIUM; FECES MICROFLORA; FOLLOW UP; FOUNDER EFFECT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREVOTELLA; RUMINOCOCCUS; ANIMAL; COLITIS; DIET; DISEASE MODEL; FACTUAL DATABASE; GENOTYPE; INTESTINE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

MURINAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; COLITIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; INTESTINES; MICE; MICROBIOTA; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84920404296     PISSN: 17548403     EISSN: 17548411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dmm.017400     Document Type: Article

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