Publications
2026
- A gut microbiome-kidney-heart axis predictive of future cardiovascular diseasesKanta Chechi, Rima Chakaroun, Antonis Myridakis, Sofia K. Forslund-Startceva, Sebastien Fromentin, Trine Nielsen, Judith Aron-Wisneswky, Eugeni Belda, Edi Prifti, Pierre Bel Lassen, Gwen Falony, Sara Vieira-Silva, Julien Chilloux, Kazuhiro Sonomura, Lesley Hoyles, Laura Martinez-Gili, Francesco Pallotti, Petros Andrikopoulos, Francesc Puig-Castellví, Romina Pacheco Tapia, Inés Castro-Dionicio, Hugo Roume, Nicolas Pons, Emmanuelle Le Chatelier, Benoit Quinquis, Nathalie Galleron, Magali Berland, Michael T. Olanipekun, Manyi Jia, Angelos Manolias, Bridget Holmes, Solia Adriouch, Matthias Blüher, Luis Pedro Coelho, Kévin Da Silva, Pilar Galan, Boyang Ji, Ana Luisa Neves, Christine Rouault, Joe-Elie Salem, Valentina Tremaroli, Tue H. Hansen, Nadja B. Søndertoft, Christian Lewinter, Helle K. Pedersen, The MetaCardis Consortium, Peter D. Mark, Jens P. Goetze, Lars Køber, Henrik Vestergaard, Torben Hansen, Jean-Daniel Zucker, Taka-Aki Sato, Serge Hercberg, Fredrik Bäckhed, Ivica Letunic, Jean-Michel Oppert, Jens Nielsen, Jeroen Raes, Ioanna Tzoulaki, Abbas Dehghan, Verena Zuber, Emmanuelle Bouzigon, Mark Lathrop, Parminder Raina, Philippe Froguel, Fumihiko Matsuda, Florence Demenais, Dominique Gauguier, Michael Stumvoll, Peer Bork, Oluf Pedersen, S. Dusko Ehrlich, Karine Clément & Marc-Emmanuel Dumasdoi: doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-5843796
- Effect of gestational age on lymphocyte phenotypes in hospitalized preterm infantsJohannes Dirks, Ingmar Fortmann, Janina Marißen, Julia Pagel, Lilith Reichert, Henry Kipke, Marie-Theres Dammann, Wolfgang Göpel, Till Birkner, Kilian Dahm, Sofia Kirke Forslund-Startceva, Dorothee Viemann, Jan Rupp, Henner Morbach, Christoph Härteldoi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2025.09.030
- Diet shapes the gut microbiome: cross-sectional and longitudinal insights from the Human Phenotype ProjectTomer Segev, Daniel Barak, Liron Zahavi, Anastasia Godneva, Michal Rein, David Krongauz, Hagai Rossman, Adina Weinberger, Eran Segaldoi: doi:10.1101/2025.10.12.25337559
2025
- Prominent mediatory role of gut microbiome in the effect of lifestyle on host metabolic phenotypesSolia Adriouch, Eugeni Belda, Timothy D. Swartz, Sofia Forslund, Edi Prifti, Judith Aron-Wisnewsky, Rima Chakaroun, Trine Nielsen, Christine Poitou, Pierre Bel-Lassen, Christine Rouault, Tiphaine Le Roy, Petros Andrikopoulos, Kanta Chechi, Francesc Puig-Castellví, Inés Castro Dionicio, Philippe Froguel, Bridget Holmes, Rohia Alili, Fabrizio Andreelli, Hedi Soula, Joe-Elie Salem, Gwen Falony, Sara Vieira-Silva, Jeroen Raes, Peer Bork, Michael Stumvoll, Oluf Pedersen, S. Dusko Ehrlich, Marc-Emmanuel Dumas, Jean-Michel Oppert, Maria Carlota Dao, Jean-Daniel Zucker &Karine Clémentdoi: https://doi.org/10.1080/19490976.2025.2599565
- Sex hormone-dependent host-microbiome interactions and cardiovascular risk (XCVD): design of a longitudinal multi-omics cohort studyKristina Franz, Lajos Markó, Anja Mähler, Rima Chakaroun, Sascha Heinitz, Haiko Schlögl, Julia Sacher, Nico Steckhan, Ralf Dechend, Noah Adams, Marianne Andersen, Dorte Glintborg, Martin Viehweger, Lina Samira Bahr, Sofia Kirke Forslund-Startcevadoi: doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087982
- Reinforcing gut integrity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials assessing probiotics, synbiotics, and prebiotics on intestinal permeability markersZeinab Ghorbani, Nargeskhatoon Shoaibinobarian, Morvarid Noormohammadi, Kate Taylor, Asma Kazemi, Ali Bonyad, Sara Khoshdooz, Ulrike Löber, Sofia K. Forslund-Startcevadoi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phrs.2025.107780
- Nicotinamide modulates gut microbial metabolic potential and accelerates recovery in mild-to-moderate COVID-19Stefan Schreiber, Georg H. Waetzig, Víctor A. López-Agudelo, Corinna Geisler, Kristina Schlicht, Sina Franzenburg, Romina di Giuseppe, Daniel Pape, Thomas Bahmer, Michael Krawczak, Elisabeth Kokott, Josef M. Penninger, Oliver Harzer, Jan Kramer, Tammo von Schrenck, Felix Sommer, Helena U. Zacharias, COVit-2 Study Group, Belén Millet Pascual-Leone, Sofia K. Forslund, Jan Heyckendorf, Konrad Aden, Regina Hollweck, Matthias Laudes & Philip Rosenstieldoi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42255-025-01290-1
- Gut microbiome alterations precede graft rejection in kidney transplantation patientsJohannes Holle, Rosa Reitmeir, Felix Behrens, Dharmesh Singh, Daniela Schindler, Olena Potapenko, Victoria McParland, Harithaa Anandakumar, Nele Kanzelmeyer, Claudia Sommerer, Steffen Hartleif, Joachim Andrassy, Uwe Heemann, Michael Neuenhahn, Sofia K. Forslund-Startceva, Markus Gerhard, Jun Oh, Nicola Wilck, Ulrike Löber, Hendrik Bartolomaeusdoi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajt.2025.02.010
- CFTR modulator therapy drives microbiome restructuring through improved host physiology in cystic fibrosis: the IMMProveCF phase IV trialRebecca Luise Knoll, Melanie Meihua Brauny, Evelyn Robert, Louisa Cloos, Lydia Waser, Katja Hilbert, Nina Ulmer, Barlo Hillen, Till Birkner, Theda Ulrike Patricia Bartolomaeus, Oliver Nitsche, Víctor Hugo Jarquín-Díaz, Susan Lynch, Stephan Gehring, Lisa Maier, Krystyna Poplawska & Sofia Kirke Forslund-Startcevadoi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-64218-z
- Gut-Heart Axis: The Role of Gut Microbiota and Metabolites in Heart FailureMatthew Snelson, Rikeish R. Muralitharan, Chia-Feng Liu, Lajos Markó, Sofia K. Forslund, Francine Z. Marques, and W.H. Wilson Tangdoi: doi:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.125.325516
- Investigating the impact of age on neurodegeneration after optic neuritis in multiple sclerosis using optical coherence tomographyHenriette KM Reinsberg, Frederike C Oertel, Daniel Casillas, Gelsomina Kaufhold, Shivany Condor Montes, Charlotte Bereuter, Makenna C Chapman, Pia S Sperber, Bruce A Cree, Judith Bellmann-Strobl, Stephen L Hauser, Tanja Schmitz-Hübsch, Christian Cordano, Hanna G Zimmermann, Ahmed Abdelhak, Friedemann Paul, Ari J Green; the University of California, San Francisco MS-EPIC Teamdoi: doi: 10.1177/13524585251374507
2024
- Possible application of Akkermansia muciniphila in stress management.Agata Misera, Wojciech Marlicz, Albert Podkówka, Igor Łoniewski, Karolina Skonieczna-Żydeckadoi: 10.20517/mrr.2023.81
- A realistic benchmark for differential abundance testing and confounder adjustment in human microbiome studiesJakob Wirbel, Morgan Essex, Sofia Kirke Forslund & Georg Zellerdoi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13059-024-03390-9
- A clinical protocol for a German birth cohort study of the Maturation of Immunity Against respiratory viral Infections (MIAI)Carina R Hartmann, Robin Khan, Jennifer Schöning, Maximilian Richter, Maike Willers, Sabine Pirr, Julia Heckmann, Johannes Dirks, Henner Morbach, Monika Konrad, Elena Fries, Magdalene Winkler, Johanna Büchel, Silvia Seidenspinner, Jonas Fischer, Claudia Vollmuth, Martin Meinhardt, Janina Marissen, Mirco Schmolke, Sibylle Haid, Thomas Pietschmann, Simone Backes, Lars Dölken, Ulrike Löber, Thomas Keil, Peter U Heuschmann, Achim Wöckel, Sagar, Thomas Ulas, Sofia K Forslund-Startceva, Christoph Härtel, Dorothee Viemanndoi: doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1443665
2023
- LongDat: an R package for covariate-sensitive longitudinal analysis of high-dimensional data Chia-Yu Chen, Ulrike Löber, Sofia K Forslunddoi: https://doi.org/10.1093/bioadv/vbad063