A microbiota–host axis mediates prostaglandin sensitivity: Lactobacillus crispatus as a biomarker and regulator of human labor induction

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The role and possible mechanism of intestinal fungi in the progression of chronic liver diseases

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Specific gut microbes are associated with the incidence of cardiometabolic disease in the HELIUS cohort

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