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ArticleCell host & microbe2024

Discovery of disease-adapted bacterial lineages in inflammatory bowel diseases.

Adarsh Kumbhari, Thomas N H Cheng, Ashwin N Ananthakrishnan, Bharati Kochar, Kristin E Burke, Kevin Shannon, Helena Lau, Ramnik J Xavier, Christopher S Smillie

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Article in Cell host & microbe, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Adarsh KumbhariCenter for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Thomas N H ChengCenter for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Ashwin N AnanthakrishnanDepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Bharati KocharDepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Kristin E BurkeDepartment of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Kevin ShannonDivision of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Helena LauCenter for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Ramnik J XavierCenter for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Christopher S SmillieCenter for Computational and Integrative Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA; Center for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: csmillie@mgh.harvard.edu.

Funding

Pilot & Feasibility ProgramP30DK043351 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RAYMOND T CHUNG · 1991 to 2026
$35.3M
Determinants of inception of inflammation in inflammatory bowel diseasesR01DK127171 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI ANANTHAKRISHNAN, ASHWIN N, XAVIER, RAMNIK J · 2021 to 2025
$5.4M
Identification and Characterization of Microbial Metabolites in ImmunityR01AI172147 · NIAID · BROAD INSTITUTE, INC. · PI Daniel Bartholomew Graham, Ramnik J Xavier · 2022 to 2026
$3.9M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI172147NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK043351NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK127171
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gut bacteria are implicated in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but the strains driving these associations are unknown. Large-scale studies of microbiome evolution could reveal the imprint of disease on gut bacteria, thus pinpointing the strains and genes that may underlie inflammation. Here, we use stool metagenomes of thousands of IBD patients and healthy controls to reconstruct 140,000 strain genotypes, revealing hundreds of lineages enriched in IBD. We demonstrate that these strains are ancient, taxonomically diverse, and ubiquitous in humans. Moreover, disease-associated strains outcompete their healthy counterparts during inflammation, implying long-term adaptation to disease. Strain genetic differences map onto known axes of inflammation, including oxidative stress, nutrient biosynthesis, and immune evasion. Lastly, the loss of health-associated strains of Eggerthella lenta was predictive of fecal calprotectin, a biomarker of disease severity. Our work identifies reservoirs of strain diversity that may impact inflammatory disease and can be extended to other microbiome-associated diseases.

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FecesGastrointestinal MicrobiomeInflammatory Bowel DiseasesBacteriaGenotypeHumansMetagenomePhylogenybacterial strainsevolutionIBDinflammationinflammatory bowel diseasesmicrobiomemicrobiota

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PMID38917808
PMCPMC11239293

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