GWAS of stool frequency provides insights into gastrointestinal motility and irritable bowel syndrome

• Main Authors: Ferdinando Bonfiglio (Author), Xingrong Liu (Author), Christopher Smillie (Author), Anita Pandit (Author), Alexander Kurilshikov (Author), Rodrigo Bacigalupe (Author), Tenghao Zheng (Author), Hieu Nim (Author), Koldo Garcia-Etxebarria (Author), Luis Bujanda (Author), Anna Andreasson (Author), Lars Agreus (Author), Susanna Walter (Author), Gonçalo Abecasis (Author), Chris Eijsbouts (Author), Luke Jostins (Author), Miles Parkes (Author), David A. Hughes (Author), Nicholas Timpson (Author), Jeroen Raes (Author), Andre Franke (Author), Nicholas A. Kennedy (Author), Aviv Regev (Author), Alexandra Zhernakova (Author), Magnus Simren (Author), Michael Camilleri (Author), Mauro D'Amato (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Summary: Gut dysmotility is associated with constipation, diarrhea, and functional gastrointestinal disorders like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), although its molecular underpinnings are poorly characterized. We studied stool frequency (defined by the number of bowel movements per day, based on que...