PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jonathan Landy
AU  - Alisa Hart
TI  - The microbiome in inflammatory bowel disease and beyond
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.13-6-s29
DP  - 2013 Dec 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - s29--s31
VI  - 13
IP  - Suppl 6
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/13/Suppl_6/s29.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/13/Suppl_6/s29.full
SO  - Clin Med2013 Dec 01; 13
AB  - The diverse and complex community of microorganisms that has co-evolved with the human gut is vital to intestinal functioning, and disturbances in the microbiota and its relationship with the host immune system have been linked to inflammatory bowel diseases, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. This has suggested several treatment options, including antibiotics, probiotics and faecal transplantation. The human microbiome project has been established to enable comprehensive characterisation of the human microbiota and in the coming years, knowledge in this area is expected to continue to expand.