New methods and technologies within the field of lung biology are beginning to shed new
light into the microbial world of the respiratory tract. Long considered to be a sterile …

Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease affecting more than 300 million people
worldwide. Clinical features of asthma and its immunological and molecular etiology vary …

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 …

Asthma is a complex disease that often starts in childhood. Genomic and environmental
factors as well as aberrant immune maturation early in life can contribute to the onset of …

The respiratory tract is a complex organ system that is responsible for the exchange of
oxygen and carbon dioxide. The human respiratory tract spans from the nostrils to the lung …

Worldwide 300 million children and adults are affected by asthma. The development of
asthma is influenced by environmental and other exogenous factors synergizing with …

The incidence of allergic diseases continues to rise. Cross-sectional and longitudinal
studies have indicated that allergic diseases occur in a time-based order: from atopic …

Background Childhood asthma incidence is decreasing in some parts of Europe and North
America. Antibiotic use in infancy has been associated with increased asthma risk. In the …

The blood that flows perpetually through our veins and arteries performs numerous functions
essential to our survival. Besides distributing oxygen, this vast circulatory system facilitates …

The widespread use of antibiotics in the past 80 years has saved millions of human lives,
facilitated technological progress and killed incalculable numbers of microbes, both …