Does disease start in the mouth, the gut or both?

Andrei Prodan; Evgeni Levin; Max Nieuwdorp

doi:10.7554/eLife.45931

Does disease start in the mouth, the gut or both?

Elife. 2019 Mar 19:8:e45931. doi: 10.7554/eLife.45931.

Authors

Andrei Prodan¹, Evgeni Levin¹, Max Nieuwdorp

Affiliation

¹ Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Abstract

Oral bacteria colonize the gut more frequently than previously thought.

Keywords: colorectal cancer; computational biology; gastrointestinal tract; human; infectious disease; metagenomics; microbiology; microbiome; rheumatoid arthritis; systems biology.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Bacteria
Gastrointestinal Microbiome*
Gastrointestinal Tract*
Metagenomics
Microbiota*
Mouth