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Journal Article
Impact of host genetics on gut microbiome: Take‐home lessons from human and mouse studies
2020
Overview
The intestinal microbiome has emerged as an important component involved in various diseases. Therefore, the interest in understanding the factors shaping its composition is growing. The gut microbiome, often defined as a complex trait, contains diverse components and its properties are determined by a combination of external and internal effects. Although much effort has been invested so far, it is still difficult to evaluate the extent to which human genetics shape the composition of the gut microbiota. However, in mouse studies, where the environmental factors are better controlled, the effect of the genetic background was significant. The purpose of this paper is to provide a current assessment of the role of human host genetics in shaping the gut microbiome composition. Despite the inconsistency of the reported results, it can be estimated that the genetic factor affects a portion of the microbiome. However, this effect is currently lower than the initial estimates, and it is difficult to separate the genetic influence from the environmental effect. Additionally, despite the differences between the microbial composition of humans and mice, results from mouse models can strengthen our knowledge of host genetics underlying the human gut microbial variation. The gut microbiome, often defined as a complex trait, contains diverse components and its properties are determined by a combination of environmental and genetic factors. It is still difficult to evaluate, which human genetics shape the composition of the gut microbiota, however mouse models were proven to be a powerful tool for this. The purpose of this paper is to provide a current assessment of the role of human and mouse host genetics in shaping the gut microbiome composition.
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc,John Wiley and Sons Inc,Wiley
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