Archives of microbiologyHumansABO Blood-Group SystemGastrointestinal MicrobiomeDisease SusceptibilityGalactoside 2-alpha-L-fucosyltransferase
Intersections of ABO blood group, secretor status, and the gut microbiome: implications for disease susceptibility and therapeutics.
Arya Bandyopadhyay, Debalina Sarkar, Anneswa Das, Abhishek Das
Published: 202510.1007/s00203-025-04515-9
Abstract
The human gut microbiome is a dynamic ecosystem. It is shaped by host factors, including genetic traits such as ABO blood type and associated secretor status (FUT2 gene). In secretor individuals (~ 80% of the population), ABO antigens are expressed o…
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