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ArticleGut microbes

Longitudinal flux balance analyses of a patient with episodic colonic inflammation reveals microbiome metabolic dynamics.

Arianna Basile, Almut Heinken, Johannes Hertel, Larry Smarr, Weizhong Li, Laura Treu, Giorgio Valle, Stefano Campanaro, Ines Thiele

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Article in Gut microbes. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Arianna BasileDepartment of Biology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
Almut HeinkenSchool of Medicine, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.
Johannes HertelDepartment of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
Larry SmarrDepartment of Computer Science and Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Weizhong LiJ. Craig Venter Institute, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Laura TreuDepartment of Biology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
Giorgio ValleDepartment of Biology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
Stefano CampanaroDepartment of Biology, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
Ines ThieleSchool of Medicine, University of Galway, Galway, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-8071-7110
University of Padua · ITOllscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway · IEJ. Craig Venter Institute · USUniversitätsmedizin Greifswald · DEUniversity of California San Diego · US

Funding

Project 4 - Mechanistic studies on the role of the gut microbiome in models for Alzheimer's diseaseU19AG063744 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI Rima F Kaddurah-Daouk · 2019 to 2026
$54.1M
Gut Liver Brain Biochemical Axis in Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG058942 · NIA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI KADDURAH-DAOUK, RIMA F, VAN DUIJN, CORNELIA MARJA · 2018 to 2018
$3.4M
European Research Council 757922NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG058942NIA NIH HHS U19 AG063744
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We report the first use of constraint-based microbial community modeling on a single individual with episodic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, who has a well documented set of colonic inflammatory biomarkers, as well as metagenomically-sequenced fecal time series covering seven dates over 16 months. Between the first two time steps the individual was treated with both steroids and antibiotics. Our methodology enabled us to identify numerous time-correlated microbial species and metabolites. We found that the individual's dynamical microbial ecology in the disease state led to time-varying

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeMicrobiotaAnti-Bacterial AgentsEscherichia coliHumansInflammationLiverMaleAnti-Bacterial Agentsbioinformaticscolonic inflammationconstraint-based modelingFlux balance analysisinflammatory bowel diseaseslongitudinal datametabolic modelingmetagenomicsmicrobiotapersonalized medicine

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PMID37438876
PMCPMC10339767
OpenAlexW4384120545

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