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Trial reportNature communications2024

The phageome of patients with ulcerative colitis treated with donor fecal microbiota reveals markers associated with disease remission.

Marwan E Majzoub, Sudarshan Paramsothy, Craig Haifer, Rohit Parthasarathy, Thomas J Borody, Rupert W Leong, Michael A Kamm, Nadeem O Kaakoush

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  9. The Impact ofPathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Marwan E Majzoub *School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6461-8211
Sudarshan Paramsothy *Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Craig Haifer *School of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.
Rohit ParthasarathySchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9405-352X
Thomas J BorodyCentre for Digestive Diseases, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0519-4698
Rupert W LeongConcord Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Michael A KammDepartment of Gastroenterology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Nadeem O KaakoushSchool of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW, Sydney, Australia. n.kaakoush@unsw.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0003-4017-1077

Funding

Crohn's and Colitis Foundation (Crohn's & Colitis Foundation) 988415Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) APP2011047Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Investigator grantUniversity of New South Wales (UNSW Australia) Scientia fellowship
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bacteriophages are influential within the human gut microbiota, yet they remain understudied relative to bacteria. This is a limitation of studies on fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) where bacteriophages likely influence outcome. Here, using metagenomics, we profile phage populations - the phageome - in individuals recruited into two double-blind randomized trials of FMT in ulcerative colitis. We leverage the trial designs to observe that phage populations behave similarly to bacterial populations, showing temporal stability in health, dysbiosis in active disease, modulation by antibiotic treatment and by FMT. We identify a donor bacteriophage putatively associated with disease remission, which on genomic analysis was found integrated in a bacterium classified to Oscillospiraceae, previously isolated from a centenarian and predicted to produce vitamin B complex except B12. Our study provides an in-depth assessment of phage populations during different states and suggests that bacteriophage tracking has utility in identifying determinants of disease activity and resolution.

Indexed as

BacteriophagesColitis, UlcerativeFecal Microbiota TransplantationFecesGastrointestinal MicrobiomeAdultAnti-Bacterial AgentsBiomarkersDouble-Blind MethodDysbiosisFemaleHumansMaleMetagenomicsMiddle AgedRemission InductionAnti-Bacterial AgentsBiomarkers

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PMID39420033
PMCPMC11487140

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