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Holobiont activity in chronic disease 👉In this analysis of #cardiovascular-disease-related proteins in human blood☝️genetics contributed most to immune-related proteins, while #microbiome contributed most to proteins tied to metabolism + intestinal health:nature.com/articles/s4158… 
Worth noting that the team largely assumed that the proteins identified in #blood were derived from the gut microbiome 👉 but some #proteins could have been derived from organisms in the blood itself and/or organisms persisting in #microbiome communities outside the gut
Overall takeaway 👉 “This study provides important evidence for a joint genetic and microbial effect in #cardiovascular disease and provides directions for future applications in personalized medicine”
