Allergies, including asthma, food allergy and atopic dermatitis, are increasing in prevalence,
particularly in westernized countries. Although a detailed mechanistic explanation for this …

Torquetenovirus (TTV) is the most abundant component of human virome. Virologists have
long ignored this orphan and highly divergent virus, in part because TTV cannot be cultured …

Anelloviruses are small, single stranded circular DNA viruses. They are extremely diverse
and have not been associated with any disease so far. Strikingly, these small entities infect …

Potent immunosuppressive drugs have been introduced into clinical care for solid organ
transplant recipients. It is now time to guide these drugs on an individual level to optimize …

The nonpathogenic and ubiquitous torque teno virus (TTV) is associated with
immunosuppression in solid organ transplant recipients. Studies in kidney transplant …

Solid organ transplantation (SOT) recipients receive immunosuppressive therapy to avoid
rejection of the transplanted organ. Immunosuppressive therapy increases the risk of …

The microbiome, a thriving and complex microbial community colonizing the human body,
has a broad impact on human health. Colonization is a continuous process that starts very …

The increasing ratio of ageing population poses new challenges to healthcare systems. The
elderly frequently suffer from severe infections. Vaccination could protect them against …

Monitoring the human virome has been recently suggested as a promising and novel area of
research for identifying new biomarkers which would help physicians in the management of …

Torque teno viruses (TTV) are small DNA-viruses, of the genus Alphatorquevirus, whose
replication is linked to immune status. TTV load may be an indicator for efficacy of IS in lung …