The role of lung and gut microbiota in the pathology of asthma

W Barcik, RCT Boutin, M Sokolowska, BB Finlay - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
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 host-associated archaeome

G Borrel, JF Brugère, S Gribaldo, RA Schmitz… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Host-associated microbial communities have an important role in shaping the health and
fitness of plants and animals. Most studies have focused on the bacterial, fungal or viral …

Alterations of the human gut microbiome in multiple sclerosis

S Jangi, R Gandhi, LM Cox, N Li, F Von Glehn… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The gut microbiome plays an important role in immune function and has been implicated in
several autoimmune disorders. Here we use 16S rRNA sequencing to investigate the gut …

Gut microbiota beyond bacteria—mycobiome, virome, archaeome, and eukaryotic parasites in IBD

M Matijašić, T Meštrović, H Čipčić Paljetak… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The human microbiota is a diverse microbial ecosystem associated with many beneficial
physiological functions as well as numerous disease etiologies. Dominated by bacteria, the …

Archaea are interactive components of complex microbiomes

C Moissl-Eichinger, M Pausan, J Taffner, G Berg… - Trends in …, 2018 - cell.com
Recent findings have shaken our picture of the biology of the archaea and revealed novel
traits beyond archaeal extremophily and supposed 'primitiveness'. The archaea constitute a …

[HTML][HTML] Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?

C Bang, T Dagan, P Deines, N Dubilier, WJ Duschl… - Zoology, 2018 - Elsevier
From protists to humans, all animals and plants are inhabited by microbial organisms. There
is an increasing appreciation that these resident microbes influence the fitness of their plant …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiota signaling pathways that influence neurologic disease

LM Cox, HL Weiner - Neurotherapeutics, 2018 - Elsevier
Though seemingly distinct and autonomous, emerging evidence suggests there is a
bidirectional interaction between the intestinal microbiota and the brain. This crosstalk may …

On the translocation of bacteria and their lipopolysaccharides between blood and peripheral locations in chronic, inflammatory diseases: the central roles of LPS and …

DB Kell, E Pretorius - Integrative Biology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
We have recently highlighted (and added to) the considerable evidence that blood can
contain dormant bacteria. By definition, such bacteria may be resuscitated (and thus …

Field sampling of indoor bioaerosols

J Cox, H Mbareche, WG Lindsley… - Aerosol Science and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Because bioaerosols are related to adverse health effects in exposed humans and indoor
environments represent a unique framework of exposure, concerns about indoor …

Bioaerosol exposure assessment in the workplace: the past, present and recent advances

W Eduard, D Heederik, C Duchaine… - Journal of environmental …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Louis Pasteur described the first measurements of airborne microorganisms in 1861. A
century later, the inhalation of spores from thermophilic microorganisms was shown to …