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SynthesisBriefings in bioinformatics2025

Multi-omics time-series analysis in microbiome research: a systematic review.

Moiz Khan Sherwani, Matti O Ruuskanen, Dylan Feldner-Busztin, Panos Nisantzis Firbas, Gergely Boza, Ágnes Móréh, Tuomas Borman, Pande Putu Erawijantari, István Scheuring, Shyam Gopalakrishnan and 1 more

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Synthesis in Briefings in bioinformatics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  10. Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  11. Programming the tumor microenvironment through microbiome-driven mechanisms.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  13. Longitudinal omics data analysis: approaches and applications.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Moiz Khan SherwaniCenter for Evolutionary Hologenomics, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-6061-6753
Matti O RuuskanenDepartment of Computing, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland.
Dylan Feldner-BusztinChampalimaud Research, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Av. Brasília, 1400-038 Lisbon, Portugal.
Panos Nisantzis FirbasChampalimaud Research, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Av. Brasília, 1400-038 Lisbon, Portugal.
Gergely BozaHUN-REN, Institute of Evolution, Centre for Ecological Research, H-1113 Budapest, Karolina Road 29, Hungary.
Ágnes MóréhHUN-REN, Institute of Evolution, Centre for Ecological Research, H-1113 Budapest, Karolina Road 29, Hungary.
Tuomas BormanDepartment of Computing, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland.
Pande Putu ErawijantariDepartment of Computing, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland.
István ScheuringHUN-REN, Institute of Evolution, Centre for Ecological Research, H-1113 Budapest, Karolina Road 29, Hungary.
Shyam GopalakrishnanCenter for Evolutionary Hologenomics, GLOBE Institute, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, 1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark.
Leo LahtiDepartment of Computing, University of Turku, 20014, Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0001-5537-637X

Funding

European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme 952914
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent developments in data generation have opened up unprecedented insights into living systems. It has been recognized that integrating and characterizing temporal variation simultaneously across multiple scales, from specific molecular interactions to entire ecosystems, is crucial for uncovering biological mechanisms and understanding the emergence of complex phenotypes. With the increasing number of studies incorporating multi-omics data sampled over time, it has become clear that integrated approaches are pivotal for these efforts. However, standard data analytical practices in longitudinal multi-omics are still shaping up and many of the available methods have not yet been widely evaluated and adopted. To address this gap, we performed the first systematic literature review that comprehensively categorizes, compares, and evaluates computational methods for longitudinal multi-omics integration, with a particular emphasis on four categories of the studies: (i) host and host-associated microbiome studies, (ii) microbiome-free host studies, (iii) host-free microbiome studies, and (iv) methodological framework studies. Our review highlights current methodological trends, identifies widely used and high-performing frameworks, and assesses each method across performance, interpretability, and ease of use. We further organize these methods into thematic groups-such as statistical modeling, machine learning, dimensionality reduction, and latent factor approaches-to provide a clear roadmap for future research and application. This work offers a critical foundation for advancing integrative longitudinal data science and supporting reproducible, scalable analysis in this rapidly evolving field.

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Computational BiologyGenomicsMicrobiotaHumansMachine LearningMultiomicshost-associated microbiomesmachine learningmulti-omicsstatistical modelingtime-series

Identifiers

PMID41052276
PMCPMC12499790

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