Cited by 1,285Bacteriophages and microbial interactionsInflammatory Bowel DiseaseGut microbiota and health

Disease-Specific Alterations in the Enteric Virome in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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Norman, Jason M., Handley, Scott A., Baldridge, Megan T., Droit, Lindsay, Liu, Catherine Y., Keller, Brian C., Kambal, Amal, Monaco, Cynthia L. +12 more·2015·Cell

Abstract

Decreases in the diversity of enteric bacterial populations are observed in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Less is known about the virome in these diseases. We show that the enteric virome is abnormal in CD and UC patients. In-depth analysis of preparations enriched for free virions in the intestine revealed that CD and UC were associated with a significant expansion of Caudovirales bacteriophages. The viromes of CD and UC patients were disease and cohort specific. Importantly, it did not appear that expansion and diversification of the enteric virome was secondary to changes in bacterial populations. These data support a model in which changes in the virome may contribute to intestinal inflammation and bacterial dysbiosis. We conclude that the virome is a candidate for contributing to, or being a biomarker for, human inflammatory bowel disease and speculate that the enteric virome may play a role in other diseases.

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Norman, J. M., Handley, S. A., Baldridge, M. T., Droit, L., Liu, C. Y., Keller, B. C., Kambal, A., Monaco, C. L., Zhao, G., Fleshner, P., Stappenbeck, T. S., McGovern, D. P. B., Keshavarzian, A., Mutlu, E. A., Sauk, J., Gevers, D., Xavier, R. J., Wang, D., Parkes, M., & Virgin, H. W.
Affiliations
  • Washington University in St. Louis (US)
  • Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (US)
  • Rush University Medical Center (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Broad Institute (US)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
Corresponding author
Virgin, Herbert W.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-01
Volume
160
Issue
3
Pages
447-460
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2081319466
Cited by
1,285
References
81
Citations by year
2026: 67 · 2025: 101 · 2024: 116 · 2023: 116 · 2022: 159 · 2021: 171 · 2020: 112 · 2019: 121 · 2018: 107 · 2017: 93 · 2016: 78 · 2015: 40
FWCI
96.11
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute for Health and Care Research
  • National Institutes of Health (UL1TR000448, R01OD011170)
  • Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (R01HS021747, HS021747)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32HL007317)
  • National Cancer Institute (P30 CA 91842, T32CA009547, P30CA091842)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI067068, U01AI067068, R01AI084887, U54AI057160, T32AI007172, T32AI007163)
  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P01DK046763, DK062413, R01DK092405, R21DK071838, DK046763-19, DK071838, U01DK062413, P30DK043351)
  • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (U54DE023789, U54DE023798)
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (AT001628, R21AT001628, R01AT007143)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Bacteriophages and microbial interactions
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
Keywords
enteric virome, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, bacteriophages, Caudovirales, viral diversity, bacterial dysbiosis, intestinal inflammation, biomarkers, gut microbiota
MeSH terms
Bacteria, Colitis, Ulcerative, Crohn Disease, Feces, Humans, Cohort Studies, Case-Control Studies, Caudovirales, Microviridae, Metagenome, Dysbiosis

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