Eating our way to gut microbiome characterization

Lulu Sun; Jun Lin; Changtao Jiang

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2023.06.003

Eating our way to gut microbiome characterization

Cell Host Microbe. 2023 Jul 12;31(7):1073-1074. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.06.003.

Authors

Lulu Sun¹, Jun Lin², Changtao Jiang³

Affiliations

¹ Center of Basic Medical Research, Institute of Medical Innovation and Research, State Key Laboratory of Female Fertility Promotion, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China; Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
² Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Vascular Homeostasis and Remodeling, Peking University, Beijing, China; Center for Obesity and Metabolic Disease Research, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
³ Center of Basic Medical Research, Institute of Medical Innovation and Research, State Key Laboratory of Female Fertility Promotion, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China; Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Vascular Homeostasis and Remodeling, Peking University, Beijing, China; Center for Obesity and Metabolic Disease Research, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 37442091
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.06.003

Abstract

A recent study in Nature introduced an innovative ingestible device capable of collecting in situ samples from different regions of the human intestine for multi-omics analysis. This groundbreaking technology enables non-invasive and longitudinal characterization of the gut microbiome and associated metabolites.

MeSH terms

Gastrointestinal Microbiome*
Humans
Intestines
Metabolome
Metabolomics
Multiomics