Allergic diseases, such as respiratory, cutaneous, and food allergy, have dramatically
increased in prevalence over the last few decades. Recent research points to a central role …

The gut microbiota is a key player in many physiological and pathological processes
occurring in humans. Recent investigations suggest that the efficacy of some clinical …

Humans consider themselves discrete autonomous organisms, but recent research is
rapidly strengthening the appreciation that associated microorganisms make essential …

Compared to bacteria, the role of fungi within the intestinal microbiota is poorly understood.
In this study we investigated whether the presence of a" healthy" fungal community in the gut …

Importance Allergic diseases are prevalent in childhood. Early exposure to medications that
can alter the microbiome, including acid-suppressive medications and antibiotics, may …

The mucosal immune system (including airway, intestinal, oral and cervical epithelium) is an
integrated network of tissues, cells and effector molecules that protect the host from …

The food we consume feeds not only us, but also a vast and diverse community of
microbiota within our gastrointestinal tract. In a process of symbiotic co-evolution, the gut …

Gut microbiome research is an actively developing field. Although candidate bacterial taxa
have been reported it still remains unclear which bacteria (or other microbes), in which …

From birth, we are constantly exposed to bacteria, fungi and viruses, some of which are
capable of transiently or permanently inhabiting our different body parts as our microbiota …

Precision medicine (also called personalized, stratified, or P4 medicine) can be defined as
the tailoring of preventive measures and medical treatments to the characteristics of each …