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The gut microbiota of siblings offers insights into microbial pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease.
Gut microbes - 4 Jul 2017
Hedin Charlotte R, van der Gast Christopher J, Stagg Andrew J, Lindsay James O, Whelan Kevin
Abstract excerpt
Siblings of patients with Crohn's disease (CD) have elevated risk of developing CD and display aspects of disease phenotype, including faecal dysbiosis. In our recent article we have used 16S rRNA gene targeted high-throughput sequencing to comprehensively characterize the mucosal microbiota in healthy siblings of CD patients, and determine the influence of genotypic and phenotypic factors on the gut microbiota...
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