Interplay of host genetics and gut microbiota underlying the onset and clinical presentation of inflammatory bowel disease

Patients with IBD display substantial heterogeneity in clinical characteristics. We hypothesise that individual differences in the complex interaction of the host genome and the gut microbiota can explain the onset and the heterogeneous presentation of IBD. Therefore, we performed a case-control analysis of the gut microbiota, the host genome and the clinical phenotypes of IBD.Stool samples, peripheral blood and extensive phenotype data were...