A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal
Microbiota, chronic inflammation, and health: The promise of inflammatome and inflammatomics for precision medicine and health care
Authors: Zhang H., Yang Lee B.J., Wang T., Xiang X., Tan Y., Han Y., Bi Y., Zhi F., Wang X., He F., Salminen Seppo J., Zhu B., Yang R.
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Publication year: 2025
Journal: hLife
Journal name in source: hLife
First page : 1
Last page: 20
eISSN: 2949-9283
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlife.2025.04.004
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hlife.2025.04.004
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/492331645
The terms “inflammatome” (holistic inflammation networks) and “inflammatomics” (a novel omics field) were proposed to decode dysbiosis-driven chronic inflammation and its disease links. Inflammatomics explores microbiota–immune crosstalk, particularly innate immune interactions, revealing how dysregulated microbial communities trigger chronic inflammation underlying disorders like inflammatory bowel disease, metabolic diseases, and neurodegeneration. This discipline transcends traditional inflammation paradigms by dissecting molecular pathways connecting dysbiosis to systemic inflammation, enabling early detection and precision interventions. It integrates evolutionary perspectives on host–microbe interactions, emphasizing the human body as a stress-sensitive “organ”. Challenges include standardizing inflammatome profiling, translating findings into clinical tools, and advancing multiomics technologies. By bridging microbial ecology, immunology, and systems medicine, inflammatomics holds a transformative potential to shift health care from reactive treatment to proactive, personalized prevention, targeting disease origins shaped by chronic inflammatome dysregulation.
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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Key Programs of China Grants (32394054 to R.Y.).
