The goal of this prospective, observational study is to collect health-related data including microbiome, blood samples, and dietary habits from the oral and gastrointestinal tracts in healthy subjects. In addition, the study aims to perform microbiome and multi-omics analysis on the collected samples and build an integrated database of the data.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
3,000
Kyung Hee University Hospital
Seoul, South Korea
RECRUITINGRelative abundance of microbome
Analysis of the microbial community composition will be performed using 16s rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. The relative abundance of microbial species at the genus or family level will be assessed.
Time frame: 5 years
Alpha diversity of microbiome (Shannon diversity index)
Alpha diversity will be measured using Shannon diversity index to combine ASV richness and abundance into a single evenness value
Time frame: 5 years
Alpha diversity of microbiome (Fisher's index)
Alpha diversity will be measured using Fisher's index, which calculates the relationship between abundance and number
Time frame: 5 years
Alpha diversity of microbiome (Faith's phylogenetic diversity whole tree)
Alpha diversity will be measured using Faith's phylogenetic diversity whole tree, representing the sum of all branch lengths as a measure of phylogeny and diversity.
Time frame: 5 years
Gene count (transcriptomics)
Analysis of bacterial mRNA profiles will be performed through read mapping using NCBI RefSeq database, quantification of gene and transcript \& bacterial taxonomic profiling using HUMAnN and MetaPhlAn pipeline, transcript quantification and identification of differentially expressed gene using SALMON and human reference genome fastq file.
Time frame: 5 years
Metabolite peak area (metabolomics)
Analysis of metabolites will be performed by matching metabolite ID achieved from LC/MS with Human Metabolome Database (HMDB) for metabolite identification. Analysis on the difference of metabolite between groups will be performed by PCA or PLS-DA using MZmine3, OpenChrome or Metaboanalyst v5.0.
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Time frame: 5 years
Relative abundance (virome)
Analysis of total virus profiles will be performed by comparing viral protein sequence with NCBI refseq viral database and taxonomy annotation.
Time frame: 5 years
Number of differentially abundant bacterial strains isolated (culturomics)
Bacterial strains that exhibit differential abundance between healthy individuals and patients will be inoculated, isolated, and identified.
Time frame: 5 years