In this paper the genus Veillonella was identified to play a role in the exercise performance. First, authors examined the gut microbiome of the athletes who ran a marathon (n=15) and control individuals who did not (n=10). Veillonella was found to be increased in the post exercise state, compared to...
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Genetic risk for autoimmunity is associated with distinct changes in the guman gut microbiome
Russell et al. Nature Communications. 08/09/2019
The authors investigated 403 stool samples of 1-year old children from ABIS cohort for developing Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), which underwent 16S rRNA sequencing. Only participants with a known Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) alleles were selected for the study, given that HLA was previously shown to be associated with autoimmune...
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Human placenta has no microbiome but can contain potential pathogens
de Goffau et al. Nature. 07/31/2019
The goal of the paper was to determine whether such conditions, as pre-eclamsia, preterm birth and delivery of infants small for gestational age, were associated with presence of the microbial DNA in the placenta. The authors of the paper collected and analyzed 537 placentas, and did not find evidence for...
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