Standout Papers

An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest 2005 2026 2012 2019 8.9k
  1. An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest (2006)
    Peter J. Turnbaugh, Ruth E. Ley et al. Nature
  2. Human gut microbes associated with obesity (2006)
    Ruth E. Ley, Peter J. Turnbaugh et al. Nature
  3. A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins (2008)
    Peter J. Turnbaugh, Micah Hamady et al. Nature
  4. Obesity alters gut microbial ecology (2005)
    Ruth E. Ley, Fredrik Bäckhed et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  5. The Human Microbiome Project (2007)
    Peter J. Turnbaugh, Ruth E. Ley et al. Nature
  6. Host-Bacterial Mutualism in the Human Intestine (2005)
    Fredrik Bäckhed, Ruth E. Ley et al. Science
  7. Evolution of Mammals and Their Gut Microbes (2008)
    Ruth E. Ley, Micah Hamady et al. Science
  8. Ecological and Evolutionary Forces Shaping Microbial Diversity in the Human Intestine (2006)
    Ruth E. Ley, Daniel A. Peterson et al. Cell
  9. Human Genetics Shape the Gut Microbiome (2014)
    Julia K. Goodrich, Jillian L. Waters et al. Cell
  10. Defining the core Arabidopsis thaliana root microbiome (2012)
    Derek S. Lundberg, Sarah L. Lebeis et al. Nature
  11. Succession of microbial consortia in the developing infant gut microbiome (2010)
    Jeremy E. Koenig, Aymé Spor et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  12. Metabolic Syndrome and Altered Gut Microbiota in Mice Lacking Toll-Like Receptor 5 (2010)
    Matam Vijay–Kumar, J D Aitken et al. Science
  13. Innate immunity and intestinal microbiota in the development of Type 1 diabetes (2008)
    Wen Li, Ruth E. Ley et al. Nature
  14. Host Remodeling of the Gut Microbiome and Metabolic Changes during Pregnancy (2012)
    Omry Koren, Julia K. Goodrich et al. Cell
  15. Dietary emulsifiers impact the mouse gut microbiota promoting colitis and metabolic syndrome (2015)
    Benoît Chassaing, Omry Koren et al. Nature
  16. Diversity and heritability of the maize rhizosphere microbiome under field conditions (2013)
    Jason A. Peiffer, Aymé Spor et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  17. Worlds within worlds: evolution of the vertebrate gut microbiota (2008)
    Ruth E. Ley, Catherine Lozupone et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology
  18. Unravelling the effects of the environment and host genotype on the gut microbiome (2011)
    Aymé Spor, Omry Koren et al. Nature Reviews Microbiology
  19. The Antibacterial Lectin RegIIIγ Promotes the Spatial Segregation of Microbiota and Host in the Intestine (2011)
    Shipra Vaishnava, Miwako Yamamoto et al. Science
  20. Human oral, gut, and plaque microbiota in patients with atherosclerosis (2010)
    Omry Koren, Aymé Spor et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  21. Reciprocal Gut Microbiota Transplants from Zebrafish and Mice to Germ-free Recipients Reveal Host Habitat Selection (2006)
    John F. Rawls, Michael A. Mahowald et al. Cell
  22. Genetic Determinants of the Gut Microbiome in UK Twins (2016)
    Julia K. Goodrich, Emily Davenport et al. Cell Host & Microbe
  23. Proton pump inhibitors alter the composition of the gut microbiota (2015)
    Matthew Jackson, Julia K. Goodrich et al. Gut
  24. Obesity and the human microbiome (2009)
    Ruth E. Ley Current Opinion in Gastroenterology
  25. Host genetic variation impacts microbiome composition across human body sites (2015)
    Ran Blekhman, Julia K. Goodrich et al. Genome biology
  26. Conducting a Microbiome Study (2014)
    Julia K. Goodrich, Sara C. Di Rienzi et al. Cell
  27. Microbiota and Host Nutrition across Plant and Animal Kingdoms (2015)
    Stéphane Hacquard, Rubén Garrido‐Oter et al. Cell Host & Microbe
  28. The human gut bacteria Christensenellaceae are widespread, heritable, and associated with health (2019)
    Jillian L. Waters, Ruth E. Ley BMC Biology
  29. Selection on soil microbiomes reveals reproducible impacts on plant function (2014)
    Kevin Panke-Buisse, Angela C. Poole et al. The ISME Journal
  30. Large-scale replicated field study of maize rhizosphere identifies heritable microbes (2018)
    William A. Walters, Zhao Jin et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  31. Prevotella in the gut: choose carefully (2016)
    Ruth E. Ley Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology
  32. Host diet and evolutionary history explain different aspects of gut microbiome diversity among vertebrate clades (2019)
    Nicholas D. Youngblut, Georg H. Reischer et al. Nature Communications
  33. Age- and Sex-Dependent Patterns of Gut Microbial Diversity in Human Adults (2019)
    Jacobo de la Cuesta‐Zuluaga, Scott T. Kelley et al. mSystems
  34. Stress-sensitive neural circuits change the gut microbiome via duodenal glands (2024)
    Matthew H. Perkins, Leonardo Santana Novaes et al. Cell

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Works of Ruth E. Ley being referenced

The Human Microbiome Project
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An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest
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Author Peers

Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Ruth E. Ley 50139 19387 5841 11052 148 72.1k
Peter J. Turnbaugh 49258 21548 6291 9954 128 69.8k
Fredrik Bäckhed 51169 27297 1752 8919 223 72.0k
Curtis Huttenhower 36881 7421 7209 7827 252 55.8k
Harry J. Flint 34275 11214 1745 6809 257 48.4k
Jeffrey I. Gordon 101040 32007 9089 20376 486 143.5k
Willem M. de Vos 66433 14515 7344 14943 872 95.5k
Dirk Gevers 25598 4541 7264 6258 94 41.4k
Catherine Lozupone 27665 6248 12162 5618 103 47.5k
David A. Relman 24248 4535 5095 8390 238 42.3k
Glenn R. Gibson 33222 11399 1392 5392 373 63.7k

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