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Graspeuntner, S.; Waschina, S.; Künzel, S.; Twisselmann, N.; Rausch, T. K.; Cloppenborg-Schmidt, K.; Zimmermann, J.; Viemann, D.; Herting, E.; Göpel, W. et al.; Baines, J. F.; Kaleta, C.; Rupp, J.; Härtel, C.; Pagel, J.: Gut dysbiosis with Bacilli dominance and accumulation of fermentation products precedes late-onset sepsis in preterm infants. Clinical Infectious Diseases 69 (2), pp. 268 - 277 (2018)

Hadizadeh, F.; Bonfiglio, F.; Belheouane, M.; Vallier, M.; Sauer, S.; Bang, C.; Bujanda, L.; Andreasson, A.; Agreus, L.; Engstrand, L. et al.; Talley, N. J.; Rafter, J.; Baines, J. F.; Walter, S.; Franke, A.; D'Amato, M.: Faecal microbiota composition associates with abdominal pain in the general population. Gut 67 (4), pp. 778 - 779 (2018)

Linnenbrink, M.; Teschke, M.; Montero, I.; Vallier, M.; Tautz, D.: Meta-populational demes constitute a reservoir for large MHC allele diversity in wild house mice (Mus musculus). Frontiers in Zoology 15, 15 (2018)

Graspeuntner, S.; Bohlmann, M. K.; Gillmann, K.; Speer, R.; Kuenzel, S.; Mark, H.; Hoellen, F.; Lettau, R.; Griesinger, G.; König, I. R. et al.; Baines, J. F.; Rupp, J.: Microbiota-based analysis reveals specific bacterial traits and a novel strategy for the diagnosis of infectious infertility. PLoS One 13 (1), e0191047 (2018)

Graspeuntner, S.; Loeper, N.; Künzel, S.; Baines, J. F.; Rupp, J.: Selection of validated hypervariable regions is crucial in 16S-based microbiota studies of the female genital tract. Scientific Reports 8, 9678 (2018)

Henström, M.; Diekmann, L.; Bonfiglio, F.; Hadizadeh, F.; Kuech, E.-M.; von Köckritz-Blickwede, M.; Thingholm, L. B.; Zheng, T.; Assadi, G.; Dierks, C. et al.; Heine, M.; Philipp, U.; Distl, O.; Money, M. E.; Belheouane, M.; Heinsen, F.-A.; Rafter, J.; Nardone, G.; Cuomo, R.; Usai-Satta, P.; Galeazzi, F.; Neri, M.; Walter, S.; Simrén, M.; Karling, P.; Ohlsson, B.; Schmidt, P. T.; Lindberg, G.; Dlugosz, A.; Agreus, L.; Andreasson, A.; Mayer, E.; Baines, J. F.; Engstrand, L.; Portincasa, P.; Bellini, M.; Stanghellini, V.; Barbara, G.; Chang, L.; Camilleri, M.; Franke, A.; Naim, H. Y.; D'Amato, M.: Functional variants in the sucrase–isomaltase gene associate with increased risk of irritable bowel syndrome. Gut 67, pp. 263 - 270 (2018)

Hirose, M.; Schilf, P.; Gupta, Y.; Zarse, K.; Künstner, A.; Fähnrich, A.; Busch, H.; Yin, J.; Wright, M. N.; Ziegler, A. et al.; Vallier, M.; Belheouane, M.; Baines, J. F.; Tautz, D.; Johann, K.; Oelkrug, R.; Mittag, J.; Lehnert, H.; Othman, A.; Jöhren, O.; Schwaninger, M.; Prehn, C.; Adamski, J.; Shima, K.; Rupp, J.; Häsler, R.; Fuellen, G.; Köhling, R.; Ristow, M.; Ibrahim, S. M.: Low-level mitochondrial heteroplasmy modulates DNA replication, glucose metabolism and lifespan in mice. Scientific Reports 8 (1), 5872 (2018)

Maixner, F.; Turaev, D.; Cazenave-Gassiot, A.; Janko, M.; Krause-Kyora, B.; Hoopmann, M. R.; Kusebauch, U.; Sartain, M.; Guerriero, G.; O’Sullivan, N. et al.; Teasdale, M.; Cipollini, G.; Paladin, A.; Mattiangeli, V.; Samadelli, M.; Tecchiati, U.; Putzer, A.; Palazoglu, M.; Meissen, J.; Lösch, S.; Rausch, P.; Baines, J. F.; Kim, B. J.; An, H.-J.; Gostner, P.; Egarter-Vigl, E.; Malfertheiner, P.; Keller, A.; Stark, R. W.; Wenk, M.; Bishop, D.; Bradley, D. G.; Fiehn, O.; Engstrand, L.; Moritz, R. L.; Doble, P.; Franke, A.; Nebel, A.; Oeggl, K.; Rattei, T.; Grimm, R.; Zink, A.: The Iceman’s last meal consisted of fat, wild meat, and cereals. Current Biology 28, pp. 1 - e9 (2018)

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Ruhlemann, M. C.; Degenhardta, F.; Thingholm, L. B.; Wang, J.; Skieceviciene, J.; Rausch, P.; Hov, J. R.; Lieb, W.; Karlsen, T. H.; Laudes, M. et al.; Baines, J. F.; Heinsen, F.-A.; Franke, A.: Application of the distance-based F test in an mGWAS investigating β diversity of intestinal microbiota identifies variants in SLC9A8 (NHE8) and 3 other loci. Gut Microbes 9 (1), pp. 68 - 75 (2018)

Doms, S.; Hermes, B.-M.; Baines, J. F.: Evolutionary perspectives on the human Gut Microbiome. In: The Gut Microbiome in Health and Disease, pp. 65 - 78 (Ed. Haller, D.). Springer, Heidelberg (2018)

Ibrahim, S.; Belheouane, M.: Methods for microbiota analysis: sample collection and laboratory methods. In: The Microbiome in Rheumatic Diseases and Infection, pp. 13 - 27 (Eds. Ragab, G.; Atkinson, T. P.). Springer International Publishing, Cham (2018)

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Vallier, M.; Chamaillard, M.; Ferreira, S.; Menegatti, S.; Bianchi, E.; Rogge, L.; Dougados, M.; Miceli-Richard, C.: SAT0265 The response to tnf-blockers treatment of spa patients is influenced by the interplay between hla-b27 and gut microbiota composition at baseline. Annual European Congress of Rheumatology, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 13, 2018 - June 16, 2018. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 77 (Suppl 2), p. 996 - 996 (2018)

Lund, J.V.; Bartel, S.; Orinska, Z.; Lunding, L.; Kull, S.; Baines, J.; Jappe, U.; Krauss-Etschmann, S.: Distinct "asthma" phenotypes of four mouse strains correlate with different responses to house dust mite (HDM) allergens. Congress of the European-Academy-of-Allergy-and-Clinical-Immunology (EAACI), Munich, Germany, May 23, 2018 - May 30, 2018. Allergy 73 (SI), Supplement 105 Ed., p. 343 - 343 (2018)

Künstner, A.; Sommer, A.; Künzel, S.; Zillikens, D.; Gläser, R.; Baines, J.; Schmidt, E.; Busch, H.: Skin microbiota as potential trigger factors for pemphigus vulgaris. 45th Annual Meeting of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Dermatologische Forschung (ADF) , Zürich, Switzerland, March 07, 2018 - March 10, 2018. Experimental Dermatology: an International Journal for Rapid Publication of Short Reports in Experimental Dermatology 27 (3), p. e95 - e95 (2018)