Ethnicity-Influenced Microbiota: A Future Healthcare Perspective

Madhusmita Dehingia; Atanu Adak; Mojibur R Khan

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2019.01.002

Ethnicity-Influenced Microbiota: A Future Healthcare Perspective

Trends Microbiol. 2019 Mar;27(3):191-193. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2019.01.002. Epub 2019 Jan 23.

Authors

Madhusmita Dehingia¹, Atanu Adak¹, Mojibur R Khan²

Affiliations

¹ Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Life Sciences Division, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati 781035, Assam, India; These authors contributed equally.
² Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Laboratory, Life Sciences Division, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), Guwahati 781035, Assam, India. Electronic address: mojibur.khan@gmail.com.

PMID: 30685243
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2019.01.002

Abstract

Global research is focused on understanding the factors affecting human gut microbiota vis-à-vis health. Brooks et al. [PLoS Biol. (2018) 16, e2006842] has reported a group of microbial taxa that vary across ethnicity in the USA (AGP and HMP data sets). Ethnicity-specific microbial signatures will aid in developing therapeutics for targeted microbiota modulation.

Keywords: ethnicity; gut microbiota; health disparity.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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MeSH terms

Ethnicity
Gastrointestinal Microbiome*
Humans
Microbiota*
United States