Gastroenterology articles within Nature Reviews Genetics

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• Research Highlight | 14 August 2023

  Explaining the male bias in cancers

  Two studies published in Nature investigate the genetic mechanisms of sex bias in cancers and implicate Y chromosome genes in contributing to the aggressiveness of bladder cancer and colorectal cancer in men.

  • Michael Attwaters

• Review Article | 21 August 2017

  Human genetic variation and the gut microbiome in disease

  Recent microbiome genome-wide association studies have identified numerous associations between human genetic variants and the gut microbiome. Here, the authors review how genetic variation in the host can alter the composition of the gut microbiome towards a disease state, with a focus on disorders of immunity and metabolism.

  • Andrew Brantley Hall
  • , Andrew C. Tolonen
  •  & Ramnik J. Xavier