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[Publication] Centenarians have a diverse gut virome with the potential to modulate metabolism and promote healthy lifespan

September 4, 2023

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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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