The upper-airway microbiota and loss of asthma control among asthmatic children

oleh: Yanjiao Zhou, Daniel Jackson, Leonard B. Bacharier, David Mauger, Homer Boushey, Mario Castro, Juliana Durack, Yvonne Huang, Robert F. Lemanske, Gregory A. Storch, George M. Weinstock, Kristine Wylie, Ronina Covar, Anne M. Fitzpatrick, Wanda Phipatanakul, Rachel G. Robison, Avraham Beigelman

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Nature Portfolio 2019-12-01

Deskripsi

How the airway microbiome influences asthma pathophysiology remains unclear. Here, the authors analyse nasal samples of cohort of school-age children with persistent asthma and find that the microbiota’s patterns and composition at time of early loss of asthma control associate with severe asthma exacerbations.