GuidelineGut microbes
Guidelines for reporting on animal fecal transplantation (GRAFT) studies: recommendations from a systematic review of murine transplantation protocols.
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55 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 73 citations in OpenAlex.
- Bibliometric analysis of human microbiota-associated animal model (2005-2025).Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Pooled it
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- Chronic Stress Promotes Gastric Cancer Metastasis by Inducing Microbiota-Associated Kynurenine Accumulation and Macrophage Remodeling.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Fecal Microbiota Transplantation in Dogs and Cats: Evidence for Gastrointestinal and Emerging Extra-Intestinal Applications.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Review
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- Bortezomib-induced gastrointestinal dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy and neuroimmune signalling are influenced by the gut microbiota in mice.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2026Article
- Comorbid Alzheimer's Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Microbiota Shape Age-Associated Gut-Brain Axis Profiles.Aging cell · 2026Article
- If you give a mouse a poopsicle: a novel fecal microbiota transplant method for exploring the role of the gut microbiome in stress-related outcomes in mice.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Gut Bacteria Improve Depressive Symptoms by Degrading Cortisol into Androgen.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- If you give a mouse a poopsicle: a novel fecal microbiota transplant method for exploring the role of the gut microbiome in stress-related outcomes in mice.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- The effects of filtration and centrifugation on the gut microbiota in fecal microbiota transplantation preparation.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Fecal microbiota transplantation: from empirical remedy to precision medicine.Frontiers in microbiomes · 2026Review
- Acupuncture modulates the microbiota-gut-brain axis to treat irritable bowel syndrome: a mechanistic exploration.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Review
- Cross-species engraftment biases and metabolic divergence in gnotobiotic mice humanized with ulcerative colitis microbiota.Gut microbes · 2025Article
- Gut microbiota preserves bone mass through modulating the hyodeoxycholic acid-TGR5 axis.Gut microbes · 2025Article
- The probioticGut microbes · 2025Article
- Efficacy of oral and rectal administration of human faecal microbiota transplant (FMT) in human microbiota-associated mouse models.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Gut microbiota and microbial metabolites for osteoporosis.Gut microbes · 2025Review
- Host-microbiome relationship in depression: can human induced pluripotent stem cells play a role in unravelling mechanisms?NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2025Review
- Fecal microbiota transplantation from patients into animals to establish human microbiota-associated animal models: a scoping review.Journal of translational medicine · 2025Article
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12 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
Fecal microbiota transplant (FMT) is a powerful tool used to connect changes in gut microbial composition with a variety of disease states and pathologies. While FMT enables potential causal relationships to be identified, the experimental details reported in preclinical FMT protocols are highly inconsistent and/or incomplete. This limitation reflects a current lack of authoritative guidance on reporting standards that would facilitate replication efforts and ultimately reproducible science. We therefore systematically reviewed all FMT protocols used in mouse models with the goal of formulating recommendations on the reporting of preclinical FMT protocols. Search strategies were applied across three databases (PubMed, EMBASE, and Ovid Medline) until June 30, 2020. Data related to donor attributes, stool collection, processing/storage, recipient preparation, administration, and quality control were extracted. A total of 1753 papers were identified, with 241 identified for data extraction and analysis. Of the papers included, 92.5% reported a positive outcome with FMT intervention. However, the vast majority of studies failed to address core methodological aspects including the use of anaerobic conditions (91.7% of papers lacked information), storage (49.4%), homogenization (33.6%), concentration (31.5%), volume (19.9%) and administration route (5.3%). To address these reporting limitations, we developed the
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