Heritable components of the human fecal microbiome are associated with visceral fat

Genome Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Beaumont, Michelle ^a   Goodrich, Julia K ^b   Jackson, Matthew A ^a   Yet, Idil ^a   Davenport, Emily R ^b   Vieira Silva, Sara ^g,h   Debelius, Justine ^c,e   Pallister, Tess ^a   Mangino, Massimo ^a   Raes, Jeroen ^g,h   Knight, Rob ^c,d,e   Clark, Andrew G ^b   Ley, Ruth E ^b,f   Spector, Tim D ^a   Bell, Jordana T ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^h DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Fecal microbiome; Genetic association; Heritability; Obesity; Twins; Visceral fat

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ELAVL4 GENE; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; FHIT GENE; GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; INTRAPERITONEAL FAT; MALE; MICROBIOME; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNIT; OSCILLOSPIRA; PHENOTYPE; TAXONOMY; TDRG1 GENE; TWINS; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84992036214     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-016-1052-7     Document Type: Article

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