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ArticleTrends in pharmacological sciences2025

Leveraging human microbiomes for disease prediction and treatment.

Henok Ayalew Tegegne, Tor C Savidge

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Article in Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Pharmacomicrobiomics.Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Henok Ayalew TegegneDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Texas Children's Microbiome Center, Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA.
Tor C SavidgeDepartment of Pathology and Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA; Texas Children's Microbiome Center, Department of Pathology, Texas Children's Hospital, Houston, TX, USA. Electronic address: Tor.Savidge@bcm.edu.

Funding

Project 3: Functional Microbiome and Host Signatures in Transition from Commensal to pathogenP01AI152999 · NIAID · METHODIST HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE · 2024 to 2025
$7.2M
Tissue Analysis & Molecular Imaging CoreP30DK056338 · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · 2001 to 2025
$5.7M
PATHWAYS TO NEW BIOMARKERS IN RECURRENT ABDOMINAL PAIN IN CHILDRENR01NR013497 · NINR · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI Tor C. Savidge · 2022 to 2024
$1.4M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI152999NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI141349NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056338NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK130517NINR NIH HHS R01 NR013497
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human microbiome consists of diverse microorganisms that inhabit various body sites. As these microbes are increasingly recognized as key determinants of health, there is significant interest in leveraging individual microbiome profiles for early disease detection, prevention, and drug efficacy prediction. However, the complexity of microbiome data, coupled with conflicting study outcomes, has hindered its integration into clinical practice. This challenge is partially due to demographic and technological biases that impede the development of reliable disease classifiers. Here, we examine recent advances in 16S rRNA and shotgun-metagenomics sequencing, along with bioinformatics tools designed to enhance microbiome data integration for precision diagnostics and personalized treatments. We also highlight progress in microbiome-based therapies and address the challenges of establishing causality to ensure robust diagnostics and effective treatments for complex diseases.

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MicrobiotaAnimalsComputational BiologyHumansMetagenomicsPrecision MedicineRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRNA, Ribosomal, 16SC. difficile infectionclinical metagenomicsinflammatory bowel diseaseirritable bowel syndromemicrobiomepan-microbiome profiling

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PMID39732609
PMCPMC11786253

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