Human skin forms a protective barrier against the external environment and is our first line of
defense against toxic, solar, and pathogenic insults. Our skin also defines our outward …

The skin is the largest organ of the human body and it protects the body from the external
environment. It has become the topic of interest of researchers from various scientific fields …

Background Little is known about the role of the genitourinary and gastrointestinal
microbiota in the pathogenesis of male infertility. Objective To compare the taxonomic and …

Candida auris and Candida albicans can result in invasive fungal diseases. And yet, these
species can stably and asymptomatically colonize human skin and gastrointestinal tracts. To …

Human hair follicles (HFs) carry complex microbial communities that differ from the skin
surface microbiota. This likely reflects that the HF epithelium differs from the epidermal …

Candida auris is an emerging multi-drug-resistant human fungal pathogen. C. auris skin
colonization results in environmental shedding, which underlies hospital transmissions, and …

Delayed wound healing is one of the most global public health threats affecting nearly 100
million people each year, particularly the chronic wounds. Many confounding factors such as …

Infectious pathogens can disrupt the microbiome in addition to directly affecting the host.
Impacts of disease may be dependent on the ability of the microbiome to recover from such …

The microbiome is defined as the sum of microbes, their genomes, and interactions in a
given ecological niche. Atopic dermatitis is a multifactorial chronic inflammatory skin disease …

A multitude of extrinsic environmental factors (referred to in their entirety as the 'skin
exposome') impact structure and function of skin and its corresponding cellular components …