Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Interplay between the human gut microbiome and host metabolism

  • Alessia Visconti,
  • Caroline I. Le Roy,
  • Fabio Rosa,
  • Niccolò Rossi,
  • Tiphaine C. Martin,
  • Robert P. Mohney,
  • Weizhong Li,
  • Emanuele de Rinaldis,
  • Jordana T. Bell,
  • J. Craig Venter,
  • Karen E. Nelson,
  • Tim D. Spector,
  • Mario Falchi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12476-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Here, the authors study the interplay between the microbiome and faecal and blood metabolome, and how the microbiome interacts in the dialogue between these metabolic compartments, identifying a key role for microbial functions and underscoring their relevance for microbiome therapeutic strategies.