… of chronic inflammatory airway disease, the composition and, more importantly, the function,
of the pulmonary microbiome represent critical factors in defining airway disease outcomes. …

… underlying lung disease. In this paper, we will review three inflammatory airway diseases
with … For each of these three diseases, we will provide a brief overview of some of the recent …

… Some of the first studies to address the importance of the microbiota in allergic airway disease
… be key to our understanding of the importance and implications of the lung microbiome. …

… lung microbiome affect the regulation of immunoglobulins and innate immune responses,
and are thus postulated to be one of the mechanisms by which lower airway … airway diseases …

… In this section, we will highlight findings of association between the lung microbiome and
respiratory diseases such as asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis, lung cancer, and respiratory viral …

… The ultimate goals of this research area are to understand whether specific aspects of the
lung microbiome relate to disease progression and whether manipulating the bacterial …

… , the lung microbiome has a potential role to play in the pathogenesis of chronic lung disease
through both the ability of lung … of chronic lung diseases on the lung microbiome in turn. …

… , such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, and pulmonary fibrosis. In this …
oral microbiome with lung diseases, such as pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease…

… to the extrapulmonary microbiome, the field of lung microbiome studies is … between lung
microbiota and respiratory disease (Figure 1) . Study of the … Asthma & allergic airways disease …

… other respiratory diseases, … lung microbiome and development of lung injury has been
established. This link needs to be further explored before we can conclude that lung microbiome …