Finding the Missing Links among Metabolites, Microbes, and the Host

Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

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A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing

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Predictive functional profiling of microbial communities using 16S rRNA marker gene sequences

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Human gut microbes associated with obesity

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Diversity of the Human Intestinal Microbial Flora

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A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins

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Human gut microbiome viewed across age and geography

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A metagenome-wide association study of gut microbiota in type 2 diabetes

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The human microbiome project

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Commensal microbe-derived butyrate induces the differentiation of colonic regulatory T cells

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Macrophage: SHIP of Immunity

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Immunometabolism and autoimmunity

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‘RA and the microbiome: do host genetic factors provide the link?

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What are the molecular mechanisms by which functional bacterial amyloids influence amyloid beta deposition and neuroinflammation in neurodegenerative disorders?

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Exopolysaccharide Produced by Lactiplantibacillus plantarum-12 Alleviates Intestinal Inflammation and Colon Cancer Symptoms by Modulating the Gut Microbiome and Metabolites of C57BL/6 Mice Treated by Azoxymethane/Dextran Sulfate Sodium Salt

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Metabolic and Microbiota Measures as Peripheral Biomarkers in Major Depressive Disorder

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Systemic Immunoregulatory Consequences of Gut Commensal Translocation

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From Maternal Grazing to Barn Feeding During Pre-weaning Period: Altered Gastrointestinal Microbiota Contributes to Change the Development and Function of the Rumen and Intestine of Yak Calves

Cui, Z., Wu, S., Liu, S., Sun, L., Feng, Y., Cao, Y., Chai, S., Zhang, G., & Yao, J. (2020) · Frontiers in Microbiology · doi:10.3389/fmicb.2020.00485 · Cited by 50

Antibiotic-Induced Dysbiosis of Gut Microbiota Impairs Corneal Nerve Regeneration by Affecting CCR2-Negative Macrophage Distribution

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Gut microbiome-metabolome interactions predict host condition

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Impact of Soil Microbial Amendments on Tomato Rhizosphere Microbiome and Plant Growth in Field Soil

Nuzzo, A., Satpute, A. D., Albrecht, U., & Strauss, S. L. (2020) · Microbial Ecology · doi:10.1007/s00248-020-01497-7 · Cited by 51

The cross-talk between opportunistic fungi and the mammalian host via microbiota’s metabolism

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Potential for using a hermetically-sealed, positive-pressured isocage system for studies involving germ-free mice outside a flexible-film isolator

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Gut microbiota and epigenetic inheritance: implications for the development of IBD

Guo, X., Li, J., Xu, J., Zhang, L., Huang, C., Nie, Y., & Zhou, Y. (2025) · Gut Microbes · doi:10.1080/19490976.2025.2490207 · Cited by 51

Toward Precision Healthcare: Context and Mathematical Challenges

Colijn, C., Jones, N. S., Johnston, I. G., Yaliraki, S., & Barahona, M. (2017) · Frontiers in Physiology · doi:10.3389/fphys.2017.00136 · Cited by 44

Sulfamethoxazole drug stress upregulates antioxidant immunomodulatory metabolites in Escherichia coli

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Deciphering Human Microbiota–Host Chemical Interactions

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Salivary microbiome changes distinguish response to chemoradiotherapy in patients with oral cancer

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T Cell Subsets and Natural Killer Cells in the Pathogenesis of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

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Non-canonical pattern recognition of a pathogen-derived metabolite by a nuclear hormone receptor identifies virulent bacteria in C. elegans

Peterson, N., Tse, S. Y., Huang, Q. J., Wani, K. A., Schiffer, C. A., & Pukkila-Worley, R. (2023) · Immunity · doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2023.01.027 · Cited by 37

Intratumoral microbiome is associated with gastric cancer prognosis and therapy efficacy

Wang, G., Wang, H., Ji, X., Wang, T., Zhang, Y., Jiang, W., Lin, M. S., Wu, H., Xing, X., & Ji, J. (2024) · Gut Microbes · doi:10.1080/19490976.2024.2369336 · Cited by 40

Rearing pattern alters porcine myofiber type, fat deposition, associated microbial communities and functional capacity

Qi, K., Men, X., Wu, J., & Xu, Z. (2019) · BMC Microbiology · doi:10.1186/s12866-019-1556-x · Cited by 41

Gut microbial metabolites in cancer therapy

Song, P., Peng, Z., & Guo, X. (2025) · Trends in Endocrinology & Metabolism · doi:10.1016/j.tem.2024.06.016 · Cited by 38

Metagenomic sequencing reveals altered metabolic pathways in the oral microbiota of sailors during a long sea voyage

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Human microbial metabolites as a source of new drugs

Saha, S., Rajpal, D. K., & Brown, J. R. (2016) · Drug Discovery Today · doi:10.1016/j.drudis.2016.02.009 · Cited by 37

Colonic Transendoscopic Enteral Tubing Is a New Pathway to Microbial Therapy, Colonic Drainage, and Host–Microbiota Interaction Research

Wang, W., Lu, G., Wu, X., Wen, Q., & Zhang, F. (2023) · Journal of Clinical Medicine · doi:10.3390/jcm12030780 · Cited by 38

Early life exposure to low-dose perfluorooctane sulfonate disturbs gut barrier homeostasis and increases the risk of intestinal inflammation in offspring

Liu, Y., Yu, G., Zhang, R., Feng, L., & Zhang, J. (2023) · Environmental Pollution · doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2023.121708 · Cited by 36

Computational profiling of the gut–brain axis: microflora dysbiosis insights to neurological disorders

Dovrolis, N., Kolios, G. C., Spyrou, G. M., & Maroulakou, I. G. (2017) · Briefings in Bioinformatics · doi:10.1093/bib/bbx154 · Cited by 37

What We Know So Far about the Metabolite-Mediated Microbiota-Intestinal Immunity Dialogue and How to Hear the Sound of This Crosstalk

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Chemical Mechanisms of Colonization Resistance by the Gut Microbial Metabolome

Chang, P. V. (2020) · ACS Chemical Biology · doi:10.1021/acschembio.9b00813 · Cited by 38

Functional capabilities of probiotic strains on attenuation of intestinal epithelial cell inflammatory response induced by TLR4 stimuli

Kanmani, P., & Kim, H. (2018) · BioFactors · doi:10.1002/biof.1475 · Cited by 33

Antibiotic-induced dysbiosis of gut microbiota impairs corneal development in postnatal mice by affecting CCR2 negative macrophage distribution

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Transitioning from Microbiome Composition to Microbial Community Interactions: The Potential of the Metaorganism Hydra as an Experimental Model

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Microbiome and immuno-metabolic dysregulation in patients with major depressive disorder with atypical clinical presentation

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The Combination of 2′-Fucosyllactose with Short-Chain Galacto-Oligosaccharides and Long-Chain Fructo-Oligosaccharides that Enhance Influenza Vaccine Responses Is Associated with Mucosal Immune Regulation in Mice

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New targets for the treatment of ulcerative colitis: Gut microbiota and its metabolites

Li, H., Pan, M., Li, Y., Cui, M., & Zhang, M. (2025) · Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal · doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2025.05.006 · Cited by 29

Microbe-associated immunomodulatory metabolites: Influence on T cell fate and function

Castro, C. N., Freitag, J., Berod, L., Lochner, M., & Sparwasser, T. D. (2015) · Molecular Immunology · doi:10.1016/j.molimm.2015.07.025 · Cited by 30

Role of microbes, metabolites and effector compounds in host–microbiota interaction: a pharmacological outlook

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The probiotic strain Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 prevents papain-induced respiratory barrier injury and severe allergic inflammation in mice

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The Microbes inside Us and the Race for Colibactin

Bode, H. B. (2015) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.201505341 · Cited by 28

Chain length‐dependent inulin alleviates diet‐induced obesity and metabolic disorders in mice

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Cellular Stress Upregulates Indole Signaling Metabolites in Escherichia coli

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An Exposome Perspective on Environmental Enteric Dysfunction

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Needles in haystacks: reevaluating old paradigms for the discovery of bacterial secondary metabolites

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Host-Adapted Strains of Spodoptera frugiperda Hold and Share a Core Microbial Community Across the Western Hemisphere

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Microbial metabolite-receptor interactions in the gut microbiome

Chang, P. V. (2024) · Current Opinion in Chemical Biology · doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2024.102539 · Cited by 31

Natural Products from Photorhabdus and Other Entomopathogenic Bacteria

Bozhüyük, K. A. J., Zhou, Q., Engel, Y., Heinrich, A. K., Pérez, A. J., & Bode, H. B. (2016) · Current topics in microbiology and immunology · doi:10.1007/82_2016_24 · Cited by 25

GWAS-associated bacteria and their metabolites appear to be causally related to the development of inflammatory bowel disease

Zhuang, Z., Li, N., Wang, J., Yang, R., Wang, W., Liu, Z., & Huang, T. (2022) · European Journal of Clinical Nutrition · doi:10.1038/s41430-022-01074-w · Cited by 26

The practice of fecal microbiota transplantation in inflammatory bowel disease

Arora, U., Kedia, S., & Ahuja, V. (2023) · Intestinal Research · doi:10.5217/ir.2023.00085 · Cited by 32

Chemoproteomic profiling of substrate specificity in gut microbiota-associated bile salt hydrolases

Han, L., Pendleton, A., Singh, A., Xu, R., Scott, S. A., Palma, J. A., Diebold, P. J., Malarney, K. P., Brito, I., & Chang, P. V. (2024) · Cell chemical biology · doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2024.05.009 · Cited by 26

Inflammatory bowel disease and the gut microbiota

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The roles of ABCB1/P-glycoprotein drug transporters in regulating gut microbes and inflammation: insights from animal models, old and new

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Effect of lactulose-derived oligosaccharides on intestinal microbiota during the shift between media with different energy contents

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Transgenerational effects of paternal dietary Astragalus polysaccharides on spleen immunity of broilers

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The Brain-Gut Axis Contributes to Neuroprogression in Stress-Related Disorders

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Ecological dynamics imposes fundamental challenges in community‐based microbial source tracking

Wang, X., Wu, L. H., Dai, L., Yin, X., Zhang, T., Weiss, S. T., & Liu, Y. (2023) · iMeta · doi:10.1002/imt2.75 · Cited by 24

Multi-omics in Crohn's disease: New insights from inside

Mu, C., Zhao, Q., Zhao, Q. C., Yang, L., Pang, X., Liu, T., Li, X., Wang, B., Fung, S., & Cao, H. (2023) · Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal · doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2023.05.010 · Cited by 26

Portosystemic shunt placement reveals blood signatures for the development of hepatic encephalopathy through mass spectrometry

Machado, A. C. D., Ramos, S. F., Gauglitz, J. M., Fassler, A.-M., Petras, D., Aksenov, A. A., Kim, U. B., Lazarowicz, M. P., Giustini, A. B., Aryafar, H., et al. (2023) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/s41467-023-40741-9 · Cited by 23

Stable isotope profiles reveal active production of VOCs from human-associated microbes

Phan, J. L., Meinardi, S., Barletta, B., Blake, D. R., & Whiteson, K. (2017) · Journal of Breath Research · doi:10.1088/1752-7163/aa5833 · Cited by 22

Horizons of Systems Biocatalysis and Renaissance of Metabolite Synthesis

Wohlgemuth, R. (2018) · Biotechnology Journal · doi:10.1002/biot.201700620 · Cited by 23

Effects of Milk Replacer-Based Lactobacillus on Growth and Gut Development of Yaks’ Calves: a Gut Microbiome and Metabolic Study

Wang, Y., An, M., Zhang, Z., Zhang, W., Kulyar, M. F., Iqbal, M., He, Y., Li, F., An, T., Li, H., et al. (2022) · Microbiology Spectrum · doi:10.1128/spectrum.01155-22 · Cited by 25

Nature plus Nurture*: the triggering of multiple sclerosis

Wekerle, H. (2015) · Swiss Medical Weekly · doi:10.4414/smw.2015.14189 · Cited by 24

Infection in the Developing Brain: The Role of Unique Systemic Immune Vulnerabilities

Singh, G., Tucker, E. W., & Rohlwink, U. K. (2022) · Frontiers in Neurology · doi:10.3389/fneur.2021.805643 · Cited by 25

Microbiota, Liver Diseases, and Alcohol

Cassard, A., Gérard, P., & Perlemuter, G. (2017) · Microbiology Spectrum · doi:10.1128/microbiolspec.bad-0007-2016 · Cited by 21

Fructose metabolism and its roles in metabolic diseases, inflammatory diseases, and cancer

Li, Z., Fan, X., Gao, F., Pan, S., Ma, X., Cheng, H., Nakatsukasa, H., Zhang, W., & Zhang, D. (2025) · Molecular Biomedicine · doi:10.1186/s43556-025-00287-2 · Cited by 25

The potential for mitigation of methane emissions in ruminants through the application of metagenomics, metabolomics, and other -OMICS technologies

Asselstine, V., Lam, S., Miglior, F., Brito, L. F., Sweett, H., Guan, L. L., Waters, S. M., Plastow, G. S., & Cánovas, Á. (2021) · Journal of Animal Science · doi:10.1093/jas/skab193 · Cited by 23

Supplementation with postbiotic from Bifidobacterium Breve BB091109 improves inflammatory status and endocrine function in healthy females: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-groups study

Motei, D. E., Beteri, B., Hepsomali, P., Tzortzis, G., Vulevic, J., & Costabile, A. (2023) · Frontiers in Microbiology · doi:10.3389/fmicb.2023.1273861 · Cited by 19

Chlorogenic acid inhibits Pseudomonas toxin pyocyanin and activates mitochondrial UPR to protect host against pathogen infection

Xiao, Y., Li, L., Han, C., Huang, T., Ren, S., Wang, X., Xing, Q., & Liu, F. (2025) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-025-90255-1 · Cited by 19

Comprehensive Two-Dimensional Gas Chromatography as a Bioanalytical Platform for Drug Discovery and Analysis

Zaid, A., Hassan, N. H., Marriott, P. J., & Wong, Y. F. (2023) · Pharmaceutics · doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics15041121 · Cited by 22

Efficacy of Linezolid-Based Hydrogel as Local Drug in Stage II Grade A Periodontitis-A Clinical Study

Chakraborty, P., & Rajasekar, A. (2024) · Annals of dental specialty · doi:10.51847/bunkmjeffh · Cited by 19

CRISPR/Cas9 mutagenesis reveals a role for ABCB1 in gut immune responses toVibrio diazotrophicusin sea urchin larvae

Fleming, T. J., Schrankel, C. S., Vyas, H., Rosenblatt, H. D., & Hamdoun, A. M. (2021) · Journal of Experimental Biology · doi:10.1242/jeb.232272 · Cited by 19

Altered Fecal Metabolomics and Potential Biomarkers of Psoriatic Arthritis Differing From Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Bioanalytical Methods for Food Allergy Diagnosis, Allergen Detection and New Allergen Discovery

Gasilova, N., & Girault, H. H. (2015) · Bioanalysis · doi:10.4155/bio.15.49 · Cited by 19

Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor protects mice against hepatocellular carcinoma by ameliorating intestinal dysbiosis and attenuating inflammation

Wu, Y.-N., Zhang, L., Chen, T., Li, X., He, L., & Liu, G. (2020) · World Journal of Gastroenterology · doi:10.3748/wjg.v26.i36.5420 · Cited by 18

Integrated multi-omics reveal gut microbiota-mediated bile acid metabolism alteration regulating immunotherapy responses to anti-α4β7-integrin in Crohn’s disease

Han, B., Tang, D., Lv, X., Fan, J., Li, S., Zhu, H., Zhang, J., Xu, S., Xu, X., Huang, Z., et al. (2024) · Gut Microbes · doi:10.1080/19490976.2024.2310894 · Cited by 19

Metabolomics Study of Shaoyao Plants Decoction on the Proximal and Distal Colon in Mice with Dextran Sulfate Sodium-Induced Colitis by UPLC-Q-TOF-MS

Luo, Y., Wu, J., Liu, Y., Shen, Y., Zhu, F., Wu, J., & Hu, Y. (2022) · Drug Design Development and Therapy · doi:10.2147/dddt.s384607 · Cited by 17

Stability in metabolic phenotypes and inferred metagenome profiles before the onset of colitis-induced inflammation

Glymenaki, M., Barnes, A. J., O’Hagan, S., Warhurst, G., McBain, A. J., Wilson, I. D., Kell, D. B., Else, K. J., & Cruickshank, S. M. (2017) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-017-08732-1 · Cited by 17

Precision Engineers: Bacteriophages Modulate the Gut Microbiome and Metabolome

Barr, J. J. (2019) · Cell Host & Microbe · doi:10.1016/j.chom.2019.05.010 · Cited by 16

Association of genetic risk and lifestyle with incident adult-onset asthma in the UK Biobank cohort

Liang, H., Jing, D., Zhu, Y., Li, D., Zhou, X., Tu, W. Y., Liu, H., Pan, P., & Zhang, Y. (2023) · ERJ Open Research · doi:10.1183/23120541.00499-2022 · Cited by 16

Regulation of wheat germ polysaccharides in the immune response of mice from newborn to adulthood associated with intestinal microbiota

Yun, L., Li, W., Liu, Y., Wu, T., & Zhang, M. (2020) · Food & Function · doi:10.1039/d0fo02031a · Cited by 17

In vivo pharmacokinetics of Glycyrrhiza uralensis polysaccharides

Wubuli, A., Chai, J., Liu, H., Nijat, D., Li, J., Xia, G., Cao, Q., Zhang, S., Huang, W., Aipire, A., et al. (2024) · Frontiers in Pharmacology · doi:10.3389/fphar.2024.1431221 · Cited by 15

Metabolism of periodontal pathobionts: Their regulatory roles in the dysbiotic microbiota

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