Crohn’s disease in endoscopic remission, obesity, and cases of high genetic risk demonstrate overlapping shifts in the colonic mucosal-luminal interface microbiome

Crohn’s disease (CD) patients demonstrate distinct intestinal microbial compositions and metabolic characteristics compared to unafected controls. However, the impact of inflammation and underlying genetic risk on these microbial profiles and their relationship to disease phenotype are unclear. We used lavage sampling to characterize the colonic mucosal-luminal interface (MLI) microbiome of CD patients in endoscopic remission and unafected controls relative to obesity, disease genetics, and phenotype