The gut microbiota heterogeneity and assembly changes associated with the IBD

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 9; no. 1; p. 440
• Main Authors: Sun, Yang, Li, Lianwei, Xia, Yao, Li, Wendy, Wang, Kunhua, Wang, Lan, Miao, Yinglei, Ma, Sam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 24.01.2019; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 119/118; 631/326/107; 631/326/2565/855; Biodiversity; Dominant species; Gut microbiota; Heterogeneity; Humanities and Social Sciences; Immune response; Inflammatory bowel disease; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Intestinal microflora; Intestine; Microbial activity; Microbiota; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Spatial heterogeneity

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an immunologically mediated disease and may be caused by abnormal immunological response to gut microbes. Although several studies on the ecological changes associated with IBD, such as community diversities, were reported, no previous studies have investigated th...