Rui-Ping Meng

Deciphering the gut microbiota's role in infection risk: Mendelian randomization analysis of microbial taxa and infectious outcomes

Background Observational studies have linked the gut microbiota (GM) to infectious diseases, but confounding, reverse causation, and disease-related microbiome changes limit causal interpretation. We combined Mendelian randomization (MR) with focused experimental analyses to investigate microbiota–infection relationshi...