Publications

Association between gut microbiome profiles and host metabolic health across the life course: a population-based study

Li R, Kurilshikov A, Yang S, van Oortmerssen JAE, van Hilten A, Ahmadizar F, Roshchupkin G, Kraaij R, Duijts L, Fu J, Ikram MK, Jaddoe VWV, Uitterlinden AG, Rivadeneira F, Kavousi M, Zhernakova A, Medina-Gomez C.
Lancet Reg Health Eur (2024)

Linking the gut microbiome to host DNA methylation by a discovery and replication epigenome-wide association study

Demirkan A, van Dongen J, Finnicum CT, Westra HJ, Jankipersadsing S, Willemsen G, Ijzerman RG, Boomsma DI, Ehli EA, Bonder MJ, Fu J, Franke L, Wijmenga C, de Geus EJC, Kurilshikov A, Zhernakova A.
BMC Genomics (2024)

Epigenome-wide association study on the plasma metabolome suggests self-regulation of the glycine and serine pathway through DNA methylation

Wu J, Palasantzas V, Andreu-Sánchez S, Plösch T, Leonard S, Li S, Bonder MJ, Westra HJ, van Meurs J, Ghanbari M, Franke L, Zhernakova A, Fu J, Hoogerland JA, Zhernakova DV.
Clinical Epigenetics (2024)

Maternal antibiotic prophylaxis during cesarean section has a limited impact on the infant gut microbiome

Sinha T, Prins JR, Fernández-Pato A, Kruk M, Dierikx T, de Meij T, de Boer M, de Boer JF, Scherjon S, Kurilshikov A, Zhernakova A.
Cell Host Microbe (2024)

Intestinal Blastocystis is linked to healthier diets and more favorable cardiometabolic outcomes in 56,989 individuals from 32 countries

Piperni E, Nguyen LH, Manghi P, Kim H, Pasolli E, Andreu-Sánchez S, Arrè A, Bermingham KM, Blanco-Míguez A, Manara S, Valles-Colomer M, Bakker E, Busonero F, Davies R, Fiorillo E, Giordano F, Hadjigeorgiou G, Leeming ER, Lobina M, Masala M, Maschio A, McIver LJ, Pala M, Pitzalis M, Wolf J, Fu J, Zhernakova A, Cacciò SM, Cucca F, Berry SE, Ercolini D, Chan AT, Huttenhower C, Spector TD, Segata N, Asnicar F.
Cell (2024)

The gut microbiome across the cardiovascular risk spectrum

Prins FM, Collij V, Groot HE, Björk JR, Swarte JC, Andreu-Sánchez S, Jansen BH, Fu J, Harmsen HJM, Zhernakova A, Lipsic E, van der Harst P, Weersma RK, Gacesa R.
Eur J Prev Cardiol (2024)

Antibody signatures against viruses and microbiome reflect past and chronic exposures and associate with aging and inflammation

Andreu-Sánchez S, Ripoll-Cladellas A, Culinscaia A, Bulut O, Bourgonje AR, Netea MG, Lansdorp P, Aubert G, Bonder MJ, Franke L, Vogl T, van der Wijst MGP, Melé M, Van Baarle D, Fu J, Zhernakova A.
iScience (2024)

Rome III Criteria Capture Higher Irritable Bowel Syndrome SNP-Heritability and Highlight a Novel Genetic Link With Cardiovascular Traits

Camargo Tavares L, Lopera-Maya EA, Bonfiglio F, Zheng T, Sinha T, Zanchetta Marques F, Zhernakova A, Sanna S, D'Amato M.
Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol (2024)

Unraveling interindividual variation of trimethylamine N-oxide and its precursors at the population level

Andreu-Sánchez S, Ahmad S, Kurilshikov A, Beekman M, Ghanbari M, van Faassen M, van den Munckhof ICL, Steur M, Harms A, Hankemeier T, Ikram MA, Kavousi M, Voortman T, Kraaij R, Netea MG, Rutten JHW, Riksen NP, Zhernakova A, Kuipers F, Slagboom PE, van Duijn CM, Fu J, Vojinovic D.
Imeta (2024)

Genome-wide characterization of circulating metabolic biomarkers

Karjalainen MK, Karthikeyan S, Oliver-Williams C, Sliz E, Allara E, Fung WT, Surendran P, Zhang W, Jousilahti P, Kristiansson K, Salomaa V, Goodwin M, Hughes DA, Boehnke M, Fernandes Silva L, Yin X, Mahajan A, Neville MJ, van Zuydam NR, de Mutsert R, Li-Gao R, Mook-Kanamori DO, Demirkan A, Liu J, Noordam R, Trompet S, Chen Z, Kartsonaki C, Li L, Lin K, Hagenbeek FA, Hottenga JJ, Pool R, Ikram MA, van Meurs J, Haller T, Milaneschi Y, Kähönen M, Mishra PP, Joshi PK, Macdonald-Dunlop E, Mangino M, Zierer J, Acar IE, Hoyng CB, Lechanteur YTE, Franke L, Kurilshikov A, Zhernakova A, Beekman M, van den Akker EB, Kolcic I, Polasek O, Rudan I, Gieger C, Waldenberger M, Asselbergs FW; China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group; Estonian Biobank Research Team; FinnGen; Hayward C, Fu J, den Hollander AI, Menni C, Spector TD, Wilson JF, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Penninx BWJH, Esko T, Walters RG, Jukema JW, Sattar N, Ghanbari M, Willems van Dijk K, Karpe F, McCarthy MI, Laakso M, Järvelin MR, Timpson NJ, Perola M, Kooner JS, Chambers JC, van Duijn C, Slagboom PE, Boomsma DI, Danesh J, Ala-Korpela M, Butterworth AS, Kettunen J.
Nature (2024)

Transmission and dynamics of mother-infant gut viruses during pregnancy and early life

Garmaeva S, Sinha T, Gulyaeva A, Kuzub N, Spreckels JE, Andreu-Sánchez S, Gacesa R, Vich Vila A, Brushett S, Kruk M; Lifelines NEXT cohort study; Dekens J, Sikkema J, Kuipers F, Shkoporov AN, Hill C, Scherjon S, Wijmenga C, Fu J, Kurilshikov A, Zhernakova A.
Nature Communications (2024)

Choice of DNA extraction method affects stool microbiome recovery and subsequent phenotypic association analyses

Fernández-Pato A, Sinha T, Gacesa R, Andreu-Sánchez S, Gois MFB, Gelderloos-Arends J, Jansen DBH, Kruk M, Jaeger M, Joosten LAB, Netea MG, Weersma RK, Wijmenga C, Harmsen HJM, Fu J, Zhernakova A, Kurilshikov A.
Scientific Reports (2024)

Association between gut microbiome profiles and host metabolic health across the life course: a population-based study

Fernández-Pato A, Sinha T, Gacesa R, Andreu-Sánchez S, Gois MFB, Gelderloos-Arends J, Jansen DBH, Kruk M, Jaeger M, Joosten LAB, Netea MG, Weersma RK, Wijmenga C, Harmsen HJM, Fu J, Zhernakova A, Kurilshikov A.
Scientific Reports (2024)

PICALO: principal interaction component analysis for the identification of discrete technical, cell-type, and environmental factors that mediate eQTLs

Vochteloo M, Deelen P, Vink B; BIOS Consortium; Tsai EA, Runz H, Andreu-Sánchez S, Fu J, Zhernakova A, Westra HJ, Franke L.
Genome Biology (2024)

Host genetic regulation of human gut microbial structural variation

Zhernakova DV, Wang D, Liu L, Andreu-Sánchez S, Zhang Y, Ruiz-Moreno AJ, Peng H, Plomp N, Del Castillo-Izquierdo Á, Gacesa R, Lopera-Maya EA, Temba GS, Kullaya VI, van Leeuwen SS; Lifelines Cohort Study; Xavier RJ, de Mast Q, Joosten LAB, Riksen NP, Rutten JHW, Netea MG, Sanna S, Wijmenga C, Weersma RK, Zhernakova A, Harmsen HJM, Fu J.
Nature (2024)

Gut feelings: the relations between depression, anxiety, psychotropic drugs and the gut microbiome

Brushett S, Gacesa R, Vich Vila A, Brandao Gois MF, Andreu-Sánchez S, Swarte JC, Klaassen MAY, Collij V, Sinha T, Bolte LA, Wu J, Swertz M, de Kroon MLA, Reijneveld SA, Wijmenga C, Weersma RK, Fu J, van Loo HM, Kurilshikov A, Zhernakova A.
Gut Microbes (2023)

Analysis of microbial composition and sharing in low-biomass human milk samples: a comparison of DNA isolation and sequencing techniques

Spreckels JE, Fernández-Pato A, Kruk M, Kurilshikov A, Garmaeva S, Sinha T, Ghosh H, Harmsen H, Fu J, Gacesa R, Zhernakova A.
ISME Commun (2023)

Impact of occupational pesticide exposure on the human gut microbiome

Milla F Brandao Gois, Asier Fernández-Pato, Anke Huss, Ranko Gacesa, Cisca Wijmenga, Rinse K Weersma, Jingyuan Fu, Roel C H Vermeulen, Alexandra Zhernakova, Virissa C Lenters, Alexander Kurilshikov
Front. Microbiol., 10 August 2023 Sec. Microbial Symbioses Volume 14 - 2023 |

Gut dysbiosis associates with cytokine production capacity in viral-suppressed people living with HIV

Zhang Y, Andreu-Sánchez S, Vadaq N, Wang D, Matzaraki V, van der Heijden WA, Gacesa R, Weersma RK, Zhernakova A, Vandekerckhove L, de Mast Q, Joosten LAB, Netea MG, van der Ven AJAM, Fu J.
Front Cell Infect Microbiol (2023)

Phage display sequencing reveals that genetic, environmental, and intrinsic factors influence variation of human antibody epitope repertoire

Andreu-Sánchez S, Bourgonje AR, Vogl T, Kurilshikov A, Leviatan S, Ruiz-Moreno AJ, Hu S, Sinha T, Vich Vila A, Klompus S, Kalka IN, de Leeuw K, Arends S, Jonkers I, Withoff S; Lifelines Cohort Study; Brouwer E, Weinberger A, Wijmenga C, Segal E, Weersma RK, Fu J, Zhernakova A.
Immunity (2023)

Phage-display immunoprecipitation sequencing of the antibody epitope repertoire in inflammatory bowel disease reveals distinct antibody signatures

Bourgonje AR, Andreu-Sánchez S, Vogl T, Hu S, Vich Vila A, Gacesa R, Leviatan S, Kurilshikov A, Klompus S, Kalka IN, van Dullemen HM, Weinberger A, Visschedijk MC, Festen EAM, Faber KN, Wijmenga C, Dijkstra G, Segal E, Fu J, Zhernakova A, Weersma RK.
Immunity (2023)

The maternal gut microbiome during pregnancy and its role in maternal and infant health

Sinha T, Brushett S, Prins J, Zhernakova A.
Curr Opin Microbiol (2023)

Integrated fecal microbiome-metabolome signatures reflect stress and serotonin metabolism in irritable bowel syndrome

Zlatan Mujagic, Melpomeni Kasapi, Daisy Mae Jonkers, Isabel Garcia-Perez, Lisa Vork, Zsa Zsa R M Weerts, Jose Ivan Serrano-Contreras, Alexandra Zhernakova, Alexander Kurilshikov, Jamie Scotcher, Elaine Holmes, Cisca Wijmenga, Daniel Keszthelyi, Jeremy K Nicholson, Joram M Posma, Ad Am Masclee
Gut Microbes, vol. 14 issue 1 (2022)

Faecal metabolome and its determinants in inflammatory bowel disease

Arnau Vich Vila, Shixian Hu, Sergio Andreu-Sánchez, Valerie Collij, Bernadien H Jansen, Hannah E Augustijn, Laura A Bolte, Renate A A A Ruigrok, Galeb Abu-Ali, Cosmas Giallourakis , Jessica Schneider, John Parkinson, Amal Al-Garawi, Alexandra Zhernakova, Ranko Gacesa, Jingyuan Fu, Rinse K Weersma
Gut (March 2023)

Systematic analysis of relationships between plasma branched-chain amino acid concentrations and cardiometabolic parameters: an association and Mendelian randomization study

Marwah Doestzada, Daria V. Zhernakova, Inge C. L. van den Munckhof, Daoming Wang, Alexander Kurilshikov, Lianmin Chen,Vincent W. Bloks, Martijn van Faassen, Joost H. W. Rutten, Leo A. B. Joosten, Mihai G. Netea, Cisca Wijmenga, Niels P. Riksen, Alexandra Zhernakova, Folkert Kuipers, and Jingyuan Fu
BMC Medicine, vol. 20 issue 1 (2022)

Influence of the microbiome, diet and genetics on inter-individual variation in the human plasma metabolome

Lianmin Chen, Daria V Zhernakova, Alexander Kurilshikov, Sergio Andreu-Sánchez, Daoming Wang, Hannah E Augustijn, Arnau Vich Vila; Lifelines Cohort Study; Rinse K Weersma, Marnix H Medema, Mihai G Netea, Folkert Kuipers, Cisca Wijmenga, Alexandra Zhernakova, Jingyuan Fu
Nature medicine, vol. 28 issue 11 (2022)

gutSMASH predicts specialized primary metabolic pathways from the human gut microbiota

Victòria Pascal Andreu, Hannah E Augustijn, Lianmin Chen, Alexandra Zhernakova, Jingyuan Fu, Michael A Fischbach, Dylan Dodd, Marnix H Medema
Nature biotechnology (Feb 2023)

Role of the gut microbiome in mediating lactose intolerance symptoms

Brandao Gois MF, Sinha T, Spreckels JE et al.
Gut, vol. 71 issue 1 (2022)

Microbial vitamin production mediates dietary effects on diabetic risk

Wang D, Pham VT, Steinert RE, Zhernakova A, Fu J.
Gut Microbes (2022)

Diversity and Ecology of Caudoviricetes Phages with Genome Terminal Repeats in Fecal Metagenomes from Four Dutch Cohorts

Gulyaeva A, Garmaeva S, Kurilshikov A, Vich Vila A, Riksen NP, Netea MG, Weersma RK, Fu J, Zhernakova A.
Viruses (2022)

The Gut Microbiome Composition Is Altered in Long-standing Type 1 Diabetes and Associates With Glycemic Control and Disease-Related Complications

van Heck JIP, Gacesa R, Stienstra R, Fu J, Zhernakova A, Harmsen HJM, Weersma RK, Joosten LAB, Tack CJ.
Diabetes Care (2022)

Environmental factors shaping the gut microbiome in a Dutch population

R. Gacesa, A. Kurilshikov, A. Vich Vila, T. Sinha, M.A.Y. Klaassen L.A. Bolte, S. Andreu-Sánchez, L. Chen, V. Collij, S. Hu, J.A.M. Dekens, V.C. Lenters, J.R. Björk, J.C. Swarte, M.A. Swertz, B.H. Jansen, J. Gelderloos-Arends, S. Jankipersadsing, M. Hofker, R.C.H. Vermeulen, S. Sanna, H.J.M. Harmsen, C. Wijmenga, J. Fu, A. Zhernakova, R.K. Weersma
Nature (2022)

Challenges and future directions for studying effects of host genetics on the gut microbiome

Sanna S, Kurilshikov A, van der Graaf A, Fu J, Zhernakova A.
Nature Genetics (2022)

Genetic, parental and lifestyle factors influence telomere length

Andreu-Sánchez S, Aubert G, Ripoll-Cladellas A, Henkelman S, Zhernakova DV, Sinha T, Kurilshikov A, Cenit MC, Jan Bonder M, Franke L, Wijmenga C, Fu J, van der Wijst MGP, Melé M, Lansdorp P, Zhernakova A.
Communications Biology (2022)

Effect of host genetics on the gut microbiome in 7,738 participants of the Dutch Microbiome Project

Lopera-Maya EA, Kurilshikov A, van der Graaf A, Hu S, Andreu-Sánchez S, Chen L, Vila AV, Gacesa R, Sinha T, Collij V, Klaassen MAY, Bolte LA, Gois MFB, Neerincx PBT, Swertz MA; LifeLines Cohort Study; Harmsen HJM, Wijmenga C, Fu J, Weersma RK, Zhernakova A, Sanna S.
Nature Genetics (2022)

Large HDL particles negatively associate with leukocyte counts independent of cholesterol efflux capacity: A cross sectional study in the population-based LifeLines DEEP cohort

Groenen AG, Bazioti V, van Zeventer IA, Chen L, Groot HE, Balder JW, Zhernakova A, van der Harst P, Rimbert A, Kuivenhoven JA, Fu J, Westerterp M.
Atherosclerosis (2022)

Discovery, diversity, and functional associations of crAss-like phages in human gut metagenomes from four Dutch cohorts: Cell Reports

Gulyaeva A, Garmaeva S, Ruigrok RAAA, Wang D, Riksen NP, Netea MG, Wijmenga C, Weersma RK, Fu J, Vila AV, Kurilshikov A, Zhernakova A.
Cell Reports (2022)

GWAS of stool frequency provides insights into gastrointestinal motility and irritable bowel syndrome

Bonfiglio F, Liu X, Smillie C, Pandit A, Kurilshikov A, Bacigalupe R, Zheng T, Nim H, Garcia-Etxebarria K, Bujanda L, Andreasson A, Agreus L, Walter S, Abecasis G, Eijsbouts C, Jostins L, Parkes M, Hughes DA, Timpson N, Raes J, Franke A, Kennedy NA, Regev A, Zhernakova A, Simren M, Camilleri M, D'Amato M.
Cell Genomics (2021)

Genome-wide analysis of 53,400 people with irritable bowel syndrome highlights shared genetic pathways with mood and anxiety disorders

Eijsbouts C, Zheng T, Kennedy NA, Bonfiglio F, Anderson CA, Moutsianas L, Holliday J, Shi J, Shringarpure S; 23andMe Research Team; Voda AI; Bellygenes Initiative; Farrugia G, Franke A, Hübenthal M, Abecasis G, Zawistowski M, Skogholt AH, Ness-Jensen E, Hveem K, Esko T, Teder-Laving M, Zhernakova A, Camilleri M, Boeckxstaens G, Whorwell PJ, Spiller R, McVean G, D'Amato M, Jostins L, Parkes M.
Nature Genetics (2021)

Population-wide diversity and stability of serum antibody epitope repertoires against human microbiota

Vogl T, Klompus S, Leviatan S, Kalka IN, Weinberger A, Wijmenga C, Fu J, Zhernakova A, Weersma RK, Segal E.
Nature Medicine (2021)

A Benchmark of Genetic Variant Calling Pipelines Using Metagenomic Short-Read Sequencing

Andreu-Sánchez S, Chen L, Wang D, Augustijn HE, Zhernakova A, Fu J.
Frontiers in Genetics (2021)

Patient attitudes towards faecal sampling for gut microbiome studies and clinical care reveal positive engagement and room for improvement

Bolte LA, Klaassen MAY, Collij V, Vich Vila A, Fu J, van der Meulen TA, de Haan JJ, Versteegen GJ, Dotinga A, Zhernakova A, Wijmenga C, Weersma RK, Imhann F.
PLoS One (2021)

Healthy Cotwins Share Gut Microbiome Signatures With Their Inflammatory Bowel Disease Twins and Unrelated Patients

Brand EC, Klaassen MAY, Gacesa R, Vich Vila A, Ghosh H, de Zoete MR, Boomsma DI, Hoentjen F, Horjus Talabur Horje CS, van de Meeberg PC, Willemsen G, Fu J, Wijmenga C, van Wijk F, Zhernakova A, Oldenburg B, Weersma RK; Dutch TWIN-IBD consortium and the Dutch Initiative on Crohn and Colitis.
Gastroenterology (2021)

Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals

Folkersen L, Gustafsson S, Wang Q, Hansen DH, Hedman ÅK, Schork A, Page K, Zhernakova DV, Wu Y, Peters J, Eriksson N, Bergen SE, Boutin TS, Bretherick AD, Enroth S, Kalnapenkis A, Gådin JR, Suur BE, Chen Y, Matic L, Gale JD, Lee J, Zhang W, Quazi A, Ala-Korpela M, Choi SH, Claringbould A, Danesh J, Davey Smith G, de Masi F, Elmståhl S, Engström G, Fauman E, Fernandez C, Franke L, Franks PW, Giedraitis V, Haley C, Hamsten A, Ingason A, Johansson Å, Joshi PK, Lind L, Lindgren CM, Lubitz S, Palmer T, Macdonald-Dunlop E, Magnusson M, Melander O, Michaelsson K, Morris AP, Mägi R, Nagle MW, Nilsson PM, Nilsson J, Orho-Melander M, Polasek O, Prins B, Pålsson E, Qi T, Sjögren M, Sundström J, Surendran P, Võsa U, Werge T, Wernersson R, Westra HJ, Yang J, Zhernakova A, Ärnlöv J, Fu J, Smith JG, Esko T, Hayward C, Gyllensten U, Landen M, Siegbahn A, Wilson JF, Wallentin L, Butterworth AS, Holmes MV, Ingelsson E, Mälarstig A.
Nature Metabolism (2020)

Identification, Heritability, and Relation With Gene Expression of Novel DNA Methylation Loci for Blood Pressure

Huang Y, Ollikainen M, Muniandy M, Zhang T, van Dongen J, Hao G, van der Most PJ, Pan Y, Pervjakova N, Sun YV, Hui Q, Lahti J, Fraszczyk E, Lu X, Sun D, Richard MA, Willemsen G, Heikkila K, Mateo Leach I, Mononen N, Kähönen M, Hurme MA, Raitakari OT, Drake AJ, Perola M, Nuotio ML, Huang Y, Khulan B, Räikkönen K, Wolffenbuttel BHR, Zhernakova A, Fu J, Zhu H, Dong Y, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Franke L, Eriksson JG, Fornage M, Milani L, Lehtimäki T, Vaccarino V, Boomsma DI, van der Harst P, de Geus EJC, Salomaa V, Li S, Chen W, Su S, Wilson J, Snieder H, Kaprio J, Wang X.
Hypertension (2020)

Interaction between drugs and the gut microbiome

Weersma RK, Zhernakova A, Fu J.
Gut (2020)

The Effects of Urbanization on the Infant Gut Microbiota and Health Outcomes

Brushett S, Sinha T, Reijneveld SA, de Kroon MLA, Zhernakova A.
Frontiers in Pediatrics (2020)

Ethnic inequalities in ischemic stroke occurrence are partly mediated by air pollution: a Dutch nationwide follow-up analysis

Weersma RK, Zhernakova A, Fu J.
Gut (2020)