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Mapping the microbial interactome: Statistical and experimental approaches for microbiome network inference.

Anders B Dohlman¹, Xiling Shen¹

¹Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

Experimental Biology and Medicine (Maywood, N.J.)

|March 19, 2019

Summary

This review details tools for human gut microbiome network analysis. Understanding microbial interactions aids in developing better therapies for microbiome-associated diseases.

Keywords:

Microbiota experimental gut models statistics systems

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Bioinformatics

Background:

The human gut microbiome comprises complex microbial communities.
Understanding microbial interactions is crucial for human health and disease.
Network analysis offers a framework to study these interactions.

Purpose of the Study:

To review experimental and statistical tools for human gut microbiome network analysis.
To explore the application of these tools in understanding microbial interactions.
To highlight the potential of network analysis in developing therapeutic strategies.

Main Methods:

Review of existing literature on microbiome network inference tools.
Application of network analysis to cross-sectional and longitudinal studies.
Integration of multi-omic datasets for comprehensive interaction mapping.

Main Results:

Network inference tools enable the study of microbe-host, microbe-environmental, and metabolism-mediated interactions.
Characterization of interaction networks provides insights into system dynamics.
These analyses can reveal the microbiome's role in health and disease.

Conclusions:

Network analysis is a powerful approach to deciphering the human gut microbiome.
Improved understanding of microbial interactions can guide the development of precise therapeutic strategies.
This review provides a foundation for future research in microbiome-based medicine.