Asthma epidemiology and risk factors

J Stern, J Pier, AA Litonjua - Seminars in immunopathology, 2020‏ - Springer
Asthma is a clinical syndrome that affects all age groups. Asthma prevalence worldwide has
seen a rapid increase in the latter part of the last century. Recent data has shown that …

The influence of the microbiome on respiratory health

TP Wypych, LC Wickramasinghe, BJ Marsland - Nature immunology, 2019‏ - nature.com
The revolution in microbiota research over the past decade has provided invaluable
knowledge about the function of the microbial species that inhabit the human body. It has …

The gut microbiome: Relationships with disease and opportunities for therapy

J Durack, SV Lynch - Journal of experimental medicine, 2019‏ - rupress.org
Introduction to the field of microbiome research Over evolutionary time, humans have
developed symbiotically with a diversity of environmental microbial species (Sender et al …

The microbiome of the upper respiratory tract in health and disease

C Kumpitsch, K Koskinen, V Schöpf… - BMC biology, 2019‏ - Springer
The human upper respiratory tract (URT) offers a variety of niches for microbial colonization.
Local microbial communities are shaped by the different characteristics of the specific …

The gut–airway microbiome axis in health and respiratory diseases

M Özçam, SV Lynch - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2024‏ - nature.com
Communication between the gut and remote organs, such as the brain or the cardiovascular
system, has been well established and recent studies provide evidence for a potential …

Impact of the mother's gut microbiota on infant microbiome and brain development

EA Mady, AS Doghish, WA El-Dakroury… - Neuroscience & …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The link between the gut microbiome and health has recently garnered considerable interest
in its employment for medicinal purposes. Since the early microbiota exhibits more flexibility …

The human intestinal microbiome in health and disease

SV Lynch, O Pedersen - New England journal of medicine, 2016‏ - Mass Medical Soc
The Human Intestinal Microbiome in Health and Disease | New England Journal of Medicine
Skip to main content The New England Journal of Medicine homepage Advanced Search …

Microbial transmission in the social microbiome and host health and disease

A Sarkar, CJA McInroy, S Harty, A Raulo, NGO Ibata… - Cell, 2024‏ - cell.com
Although social interactions are known to drive pathogen transmission, the contributions of
socially transmissible host-associated mutualists and commensals to host health and …

Emerging pathogenic links between microbiota and the gut–lung axis

KF Budden, SL Gellatly, DLA Wood… - Nature Reviews …, 2017‏ - nature.com
The microbiota is vital for the development of the immune system and homeostasis.
Changes in microbial composition and function, termed dysbiosis, in the respiratory tract and …

The microbiome in early life: implications for health outcomes

S Tamburini, N Shen, HC Wu, JC Clemente - Nature medicine, 2016‏ - nature.com
Recent studies have characterized how host genetics, prenatal environment and delivery
mode can shape the newborn microbiome at birth. Following this, postnatal factors, such as …