The human microbiome has been increasingly recognized as having potential use for
disease prediction. Predicting the risk, progression, and severity of diseases holds promise …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common heterogeneous respiratory
disease which is characterized by persistent and incompletely reversible airflow limitation …

Rationale: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with high morbidity,
mortality, and healthcare costs. Cigarette smoke is a causative factor; however, not all heavy …

The study of the respiratory microbiome has entered a multi-omic era. Through integrating
different omic data types such as metagenome, metatranscriptome, metaproteome …

Little is known about the relationships between human genetics and the airway microbiome.
Deeply sequenced airway metagenomics, by simultaneously characterizing the microbiome …

In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Liang et al. demonstrate through genomic analysis of
the sputum microbiome from COPD patients and preclinical models that Staphylococcus …

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a major chronic lung disease with a
leading global morbidity and mortality. Emerging evidence suggests that the lung …

Although the lungs were once considered a sterile environment, advances in sequencing
technology have revealed dynamic, low-biomass communities in the respiratory tract, even …

Cigarette smoke (CS), the main source of indoor air pollution and the primary risk factor for
respiratory diseases, contains chemicals that can perturb microbiota through antibiotic …

The 2023 European Respiratory Society Congress took place on a hybrid platform, with
participants joining online and in-person in Milan, Italy. The congress welcomed over 20 000 …