Mobile genetic elements from the maternal microbiome shape infant gut microbial assembly and metabolism

Tommi Vatanen, Karolina S. Jabbar, Terhi Ruohtula, Jarno Honkanen, Julian Avila-Pacheco, Heli Siljander, Martin Stražar, Sami Oikarinen, Heikki Hyöty, Jorma Ilonen, Caroline M. Mitchell, Moran Yassour, Suvi M. Virtanen, Clary B. Clish, Damian R. Plichta, Hera Vlamakis, Mikael Knip, Ramnik J. Xavier

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Original languageEnglish
JournalCell
Volume185
Issue number26
Pages (from-to)4921-4936.e15
Number of pages32
ISSN0092-8674
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 22 Dec 2022
MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank Tiffany Poon, Luke Besse, and Timothy Arthur for sample and data management and Theresa Reimels for editorial assistance and figure preparation. This work was funded by the National Institutes of Health ( P30 DK043351 to R.J.X.), Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation ( 2-SRA-2016-247-S-B ), Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, and Wallenberg Foundations (to K.S.J.). M.Y. is the Rosalind, Paul and Robin Berlin Faculty Development Chair in Perinatal Research.

Funding Information:
We thank Tiffany Poon, Luke Besse, and Timothy Arthur for sample and data management and Theresa Reimels for editorial assistance and figure preparation. This work was funded by the National Institutes of Health (P30 DK043351 to R.J.X.), Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (2-SRA-2016-247-S-B), Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, and Wallenberg Foundations (to K.S.J.). M.Y. is the Rosalind, Paul and Robin Berlin Faculty Development Chair in Perinatal Research. T.V. H.V. M.K. and R.J.X. served as principal investigators. T.V. and K.S.J. analyzed metagenomic data. T.V. K.S.J. J.A.-P. M.S. C.B.C. and D.R.P. analyzed metabolomic data. T.R. analyzed intestinal biomarkers. J.H. analyzed cytokines. T.R. J.H. H.S. S.O. H.H. J.I. S.M.V. and M.K. contributed to collection of stool and blood samples and patient information. M.Y. and C.M.M. collected breast milk samples. T.V. K.S.J. D.R.P. H.V. and R.J.X. drafted the manuscript. All authors discussed the results, critically reviewed the text, and approved the final manuscript. R.J.X. is co-founder of Jnana Therapeutics and Celsius Therapeutics, board director at MoonLake Immunotherapeutics, and consultant to Nestlé; these organizations had no role in the study.

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Fields of Science

  • gut metabolome
  • horizontal gene transfer
  • infant gut microbiome
  • mother-to-infant microbiome transmission
  • 3111 Biomedicine
  • 1182 Biochemistry, cell and molecular biology

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