Gut microbiota density influences host physiology and is shaped by host and microbial factors
Abstrak
To identify factors that regulate gut microbiota density and the impact of varied microbiota density on health, we assayed this fundamental ecosystem property in fecal samples across mammals, human disease, and therapeutic interventions. Physiologic features of the host (carrying capacity) and the fitness of the gut microbiota shape microbiota density. Therapeutic manipulation of microbiota density in mice altered host metabolic and immune homeostasis. In humans, gut microbiota density was reduced in Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and ileal pouch-anal anastomosis. The gut microbiota in recurrent Clostridium difficile infection had lower density and reduced fitness that were restored by fecal microbiota transplantation. Understanding the interplay between microbiota and disease in terms of microbiota density, host carrying capacity, and microbiota fitness provide new insights into microbiome structure and microbiome targeted therapeutics.Editorial note: This article has been through an editorial process in which the authors decide how to respond to the issues raised during peer review. The Reviewing Editor's assessment is that all the issues have been addressed (see decision letter).
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Eduardo J Contijoch
Graham J Britton
Chao Yang
Ilaria Mogno
Zhihua Li
Ruby Ng
Sean R Llewellyn
Sheela Hira
Crystal Johnson
Keren M Rabinowitz
Revital Barkan
Iris Dotan
Robert P Hirten
Shih-Chen Fu
Yuying Luo
Nancy Yang
Tramy Luong
Philippe R Labrias
Sergio Lira
Inga Peter
Ari Grinspan
Jose C Clemente
Roman Kosoy
Seunghee Kim-Schulze
Xiaochen Qin
Anabella Castillo
Amanda Hurley
Ashish Atreja
Jason Rogers
Farah Fasihuddin
Merjona Saliaj
Amy Nolan
Pamela Reyes-Mercedes
Carina Rodriguez
Sarah Aly
Kenneth Santa-Cruz
Lauren Peters
Mayte Suárez-Fariñas
Ruiqi Huang
Ke Hao
Jun Zhu
Bin Zhang
Bojan Losic
Haritz Irizar
Won-Min Song
Antonio Di Narzo
Wenhui Wang
Benjamin L Cohen
Christopher DiMaio
David Greenwald
Steven Itzkowitz
Aimee Lucas
James Marion
Elana Maser
Ryan Ungaro
Steven Naymagon
Joshua Novak
Brijen Shah
Thomas Ullman
Peter Rubin
James George
Peter Legnani
Shannon E Telesco
Joshua R Friedman
Carrie Brodmerkel
Scott Plevy
Judy H Cho
Jean-Frederic Colombel
Eric E Schadt
Carmen Argmann
Marla Dubinsky
Andrew Kasarskis
Bruce Sands
Jeremiah J Faith
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2019
- Sumber Database
- DOAJ
- DOI
- 10.7554/eLife.40553
- Akses
- Open Access ✓