Challenges and future directions for studying effects of host genetics on the gut microbiome.


Journal

Nature genetics
ISSN: 1546-1718
Titre abrégé: Nat Genet
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9216904

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
02 2022
Historique:
received: 21 06 2021
accepted: 02 11 2021
pubmed: 5 2 2022
medline: 26 2 2022
entrez: 4 2 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

The human gut microbiome is a complex ecosystem that is involved in its host's metabolism, immunity and health. Although interindividual variations in gut microbial composition are mainly driven by environmental factors, some gut microorganisms are heritable and thus can be influenced by host genetics. In the past 5 years, 12 microbial genome-wide association studies (mbGWAS) with >1,000 participants have been published, yet only a few genetic loci have been consistently confirmed across multiple studies. Here we discuss the state of the art for mbGWAS, focusing on current challenges such as the heterogeneity of microbiome measurements and power issues, and we elaborate on potential future directions for genetic analysis of the microbiome.

Identifiants

pubmed: 35115688
doi: 10.1038/s41588-021-00983-z
pii: 10.1038/s41588-021-00983-z
doi:

Substances chimiques

ABO Blood-Group System 0
Fucosyltransferases EC 2.4.1.-
Lactase EC 3.2.1.108

Types de publication

Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

100-106

Informations de copyright

© 2022. Springer Nature America, Inc.

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Auteurs

Serena Sanna (S)

Institute for Genetic and Biomedical Research (IRGB), National Research Council (CNR), Monserrato, Cagliari, Italy. serena.sanna@irgb.cnr.it.
Department of Genetics, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. serena.sanna@irgb.cnr.it.

Alexander Kurilshikov (A)

Department of Genetics, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Adriaan van der Graaf (A)

Department of Genetics, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Department of Computational Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Jingyuan Fu (J)

Department of Genetics, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.

Alexandra Zhernakova (A)

Department of Genetics, University of Groningen and University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. sasha.zhernakova@gmail.com.

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