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[Publication] Centenarians have a diverse gut virome with the potential to modulate metabolism and promote healthy lifespan
September 4, 2023
Fig.1 | Tandem analysis of bacteria and viruses in centenarian microbiomes.
| Title |
Centenarians have a diverse gut virome with the potential to modulate metabolism and promote healthy lifespan |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joachim Johansen [1],[2]; Koji Atarashi [3];, Yasumichi Arai [4]; Nobuyoshi Hirose [4]; Søren J. Sørensen [5]; Tommi Vatanen [1],[6]; Mikael Knip [6],[7],[8]; Kenya Honda [3]; Ramnik J. Xavier [1]; Simon Rasmussen [2],[9] & Damian R. Plichta [1] |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-023-01370-6 |
| Journal | Nature Microbiology |
| Vol/Num/Page | 8, 1064-1078 |
| Published Date | 15 May 2023 |
Affiliations:
[1] Infectious Disease and Microbiome Program, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
[2] Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Protein Research, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
[3] Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
[4] Center for Supercentenarian Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
[5] Section of Microbiology, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
[6] Research Program for Clinical and Molecular Metabolism, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
[7] New Children’s Hospital, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
[8] Tampere Center for Child Health Research, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland.
[9] The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Genomic Mechanisms of Disease, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA.
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