The microbiome plays an important role in a wide variety of skin disorders. Not only is the
skin microbiome altered, but also surprisingly many skin diseases are accompanied by an …

The stability of gut microbiota is essential for the host's health. Parabacteroides spp., core
members of the human gut microbiota, have an average abundance of 1.27% in humans of …

Alopecia areata (AA) is a common chronic tissue-specific autoimmune disease, resulting in
hair loss, that affects up to 2% of the general population. The exact pathobiology of AA has …

Parabacteroides distasonis is the type strain for the genus Parabacteroides, a group of gram-
negative anaerobic bacteria that commonly colonize the gastrointestinal tract of numerous …

The human skin harbors a wide variety of microbes that, together with their genetic
information and host interactions, form the human skin microbiome. The role of the human …

Thousands of microorganisms compose the human gut microbiota, fighting pathogens in
infectious diseases and inhibiting or inducing inflammation in different immunological …

Human hair follicles (HFs) carry complex microbial communities that differ from the skin
surface microbiota. This likely reflects that the HF epithelium differs from the epidermal …

Alopecia areata is an autoimmune hair loss disorder with variations in distribution, duration,
and severity. The disease is chronic and often follows an unpredictable course, frequently …

The influence of environmental factors on the development of autoimmune disease is being
broadly investigated to better understand the multifactorial nature of autoimmune …

Alopecia areata is a multifactorial autoimmune-based disease with a complex pathogenesis.
As in all autoimmune diseases, genetic predisposition is key. The collapse of the immune …