The impact of the gut microbiota on human health: an integrative view.

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PGRP-SC2 promotes gut immune homeostasis to limit commensal dysbiosis and extend lifespan. Cell (2014) 1.51

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Revealing the bacterial butyrate synthesis pathways by analyzing (meta)genomic data. MBio (2014) 1.46

Conducting a microbiome study. Cell (2014) 1.46

Population-based metagenomics analysis reveals markers for gut microbiome composition and diversity. Science (2016) 1.44

Microbial symbionts accelerate wound healing via the neuropeptide hormone oxytocin. PLoS One (2013) 1.40

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Helminth colonization is associated with increased diversity of the gut microbiota. PLoS Negl Trop Dis (2014) 1.35

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The gut microbiota plays a protective role in the host defence against pneumococcal pneumonia. Gut (2015) 1.23

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Interacting symbionts and immunity in the amphibian skin mucosome predict disease risk and probiotic effectiveness. PLoS One (2014) 1.19

A phylo-functional core of gut microbiota in healthy young Chinese cohorts across lifestyles, geography and ethnicities. ISME J (2015) 1.18

New insights into the dichotomous role of innate cytokines in gut homeostasis and inflammation. Cytokine (2012) 1.17

Analysis of composition of microbiomes: a novel method for studying microbial composition. Microb Ecol Health Dis (2015) 1.14

Oral mycobiome analysis of HIV-infected patients: identification of Pichia as an antagonist of opportunistic fungi. PLoS Pathog (2014) 1.13

Specialized metabolites from the microbiome in health and disease. Cell Metab (2014) 1.12

Cocoa polyphenols and inflammatory markers of cardiovascular disease. Nutrients (2014) 1.12

Persistent digestive disorders in the tropics: causative infectious pathogens and reference diagnostic tests. BMC Infect Dis (2013) 1.11

Network-based drug discovery by integrating systems biology and computational technologies. Brief Bioinform (2012) 1.09

Seven-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and nasopharyngeal microbiota in healthy children. Emerg Infect Dis (2014) 1.08

The Gut Microbiome Contributes to a Substantial Proportion of the Variation in Blood Lipids. Circ Res (2015) 1.08

The gut microbiota-a clinical perspective on lessons learned. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol (2012) 1.08

Sucralose, a synthetic organochlorine sweetener: overview of biological issues. J Toxicol Environ Health B Crit Rev (2013) 1.06

Inflammation and colorectal cancer, when microbiota-host mutualism breaks. World J Gastroenterol (2014) 1.06

Toward effective probiotics for autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders. Cell (2013) 1.06

Same Exposure but Two Radically Different Responses to Antibiotics: Resilience of the Salivary Microbiome versus Long-Term Microbial Shifts in Feces. MBio (2015) 1.05

Distinct Shifts in Microbiota Composition during Drosophila Aging Impair Intestinal Function and Drive Mortality. Cell Rep (2015) 1.05

The importance of the gut microbiota after bariatric surgery. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol (2012) 1.04

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The gut microbiome of healthy Japanese and its microbial and functional uniqueness. DNA Res (2016) 1.01

Worms need microbes too: microbiota, health and aging in Caenorhabditis elegans. EMBO Mol Med (2013) 1.00

Emerging roles of the microbiome in cancer. Carcinogenesis (2013) 1.00

Assembly of the Caenorhabditis elegans gut microbiota from diverse soil microbial environments. ISME J (2016) 1.00

Acquiring and maintaining a normal oral microbiome: current perspective. Front Cell Infect Microbiol (2014) 1.00

Combining metagenomics, metatranscriptomics and viromics to explore novel microbial interactions: towards a systems-level understanding of human microbiome. Comput Struct Biotechnol J (2015) 1.00

The dormant blood microbiome in chronic, inflammatory diseases. FEMS Microbiol Rev (2015) 0.99

The role of gut microbiota on insulin resistance. Nutrients (2013) 0.99

The gut microbiome, diet, and links to cardiometabolic and chronic disorders. Nat Rev Nephrol (2015) 0.98

Personal genomes, quantitative dynamic omics and personalized medicine. Quant Biol (2013) 0.98

HIV and the gut microbiota, partners in crime: breaking the vicious cycle to unearth new therapeutic targets. J Immunol Res (2015) 0.98

Intestinal inflammation and stem cell homeostasis in aging Drosophila melanogaster. Front Cell Infect Microbiol (2013) 0.98

Sputum microbiota in tuberculosis as revealed by 16S rRNA pyrosequencing. PLoS One (2013) 0.98

Probiotic bacteria induce a 'glow of health'. PLoS One (2013) 0.98

Role of the microbiota and antibiotics in primary sclerosing cholangitis. Biomed Res Int (2013) 0.97

Burn Injury Alters the Intestinal Microbiome and Increases Gut Permeability and Bacterial Translocation. PLoS One (2015) 0.96

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Human microbiomes and their roles in dysbiosis, common diseases, and novel therapeutic approaches. Front Microbiol (2015) 0.95

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Resident commensals shaping immunity. Curr Opin Immunol (2013) 0.95

Interactions between parasites and microbial communities in the human gut. Front Cell Infect Microbiol (2012) 0.95

A comparative pan-genome perspective of niche-adaptable cell-surface protein phenotypes in Lactobacillus rhamnosus. PLoS One (2014) 0.94

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Microbes, the gut and ankylosing spondylitis. Arthritis Res Ther (2013) 0.93

Divergence across diet, time and populations rules out parallel evolution in the gut microbiomes of Trinidadian guppies. ISME J (2015) 0.93

In vivo Pyro-SIP assessing active gut microbiota of the cotton leafworm, Spodoptera littoralis. PLoS One (2014) 0.93

Microbial metaproteomics for characterizing the range of metabolic functions and activities of human gut microbiota. Proteomics (2015) 0.92

Development of an enhanced metaproteomic approach for deepening the microbiome characterization of the human infant gut. J Proteome Res (2014) 0.92

MetaID: a novel method for identification and quantification of metagenomic samples. BMC Genomics (2013) 0.92

Effectiveness of fecal-derived microbiota transfer using orally administered capsules for recurrent Clostridium difficile infection. BMC Infect Dis (2015) 0.92

From lifetime to evolution: timescales of human gut microbiota adaptation. Front Microbiol (2014) 0.91

Functional and evolutionary insights into the simple yet specific gut microbiota of the honey bee from metagenomic analysis. Gut Microbes (2012) 0.91

Dietary metabolites and the gut microbiota: an alternative approach to control inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Clin Transl Immunology (2016) 0.91

Stability of the maternal gut microbiota during late pregnancy and early lactation. Curr Microbiol (2013) 0.91

Enteric short-chain fatty acids: microbial messengers of metabolism, mitochondria, and mind: implications in autism spectrum disorders. Microb Ecol Health Dis (2015) 0.91

Gut microbiota and clinical disease: obesity and nonalcoholic Fatty liver disease. Pediatr Gastroenterol Hepatol Nutr (2013) 0.90

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Associations between Gut Microbial Colonization in Early Life and Respiratory Outcomes in Cystic Fibrosis. J Pediatr (2015) 0.90

The health advantage of a vegan diet: exploring the gut microbiota connection. Nutrients (2014) 0.90

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