Enhancing inference of differential gene expression in metatranscriptomes from human microbial communities

Authors

• Evan M Lee, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Nathan P McNulty, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Matthew C Hibberd, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Jiye Cheng, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Kazi Ahsan, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Hao-Wei Chang, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Barak A Cohen, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
• Jeffrey I Gordon, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

Journal

Nature Communications

Publication Date

4-21-2026

Volume

17

Issue

1

First Page

5490

Document Type

Open Access Publication

DOI

10.1038/s41467-026-71871-5

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Lee, E.M., McNulty, N.P., Hibberd, M.C. et al. Enhancing inference of differential gene expression in metatranscriptomes from human microbial communities. Nat Commun 17, 5490 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71871-5 This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.

Recommended Citation

Lee, Evan M; McNulty, Nathan P; Hibberd, Matthew C; Cheng, Jiye; Ahsan, Kazi; Chang, Hao-Wei; Cohen, Barak A; and Gordon, Jeffrey I, "Enhancing inference of differential gene expression in metatranscriptomes from human microbial communities." Nature Communications. 17, 1. 5490 (2026).
https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/oa_4/7154

Department

ICTS (Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences)

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