Pasando de las asociaciones de todo el microbioma a la identificación de microbios causales

Neeraj K Surana1,2, Dennis L Kasper1

  • 1Division of Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.

Nature
|December 7, 2017
PubMed
Resumen

Los estudios de asociación de todo el microbioma a menudo arrojan correlaciones, no causalidad. Este estudio introduce la triangulación de fenotipos de microbios para identificar bacterias intestinales específicas, como Clostridium immunis, que influyen causalmente en la enfermedad y la salud.

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