The role of the local microbial ecosystem in respiratory health and disease

Haemophilus influenzae increases the susceptibility and inflammatory response of airway epithelial cells to viral infections

(2015) Fahad Gulraiz et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma-associated Proteobacteria, but not commensalPrevotellaspp., promote Toll-like receptor 2-independent lung inflammation and pathology

(2015) Jeppe M. Larsen et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Culture and molecular-based profiles show shifts in bacterial communities of the upper respiratory tract that occur with age

(2015) Jennifer C Stearns et al.   ISME Journal

Dysbiosis of upper respiratory tract microbiota in elderly pneumonia patients

(2015) Wouter A A de Steenhuijsen Piters et al.   ISME Journal

The Peacekeepers

(2015) Moises Velasquez-Manoff   NATURE

Analysis of the Upper Respiratory Tract Microbiotas as the Source of the Lung and Gastric Microbiotas in Healthy Individuals

(2015) Christine M. Bassis et al.   mBio

The adult nasopharyngeal microbiome as a determinant of pneumococcal acquisition

(2015) Amelieke JH Cremers et al.   Microbiome

Early Respiratory Microbiota Composition Determines Bacterial Succession Patterns and Respiratory Health in Children

(2014) Giske Biesbroek et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

The Impact of Breastfeeding on Nasopharyngeal Microbial Communities in Infants

(2014) Giske Biesbroek et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Microbiota in the Throat and Risk Factors for Laryngeal Carcinoma

(2014) Hongli Gong et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Human Genetics Shape the Gut Microbiome

(2014) Julia K. Goodrich et al.   CELL

Altering the Intestinal Microbiota during a Critical Developmental Window Has Lasting Metabolic Consequences

(2014) Laura M. Cox et al.   CELL

Role of the Microbiota in Immunity and Inflammation

(2014) Yasmine Belkaid et al.   CELL

Influenza Promotes Pneumococcal Growth during Coinfection by Providing Host Sialylated Substrates as a Nutrient Source

(2014) Steven J. Siegel et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Current views of haemolytic streptococcal pathogenesis

(2014) Lionel K.K. Tan et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Oral cavity contains distinct niches with dynamic microbial communities

(2014) Xin Xu et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

The oral microbiome and the immunobiology of periodontal disease and caries

(2014) Massimo Costalonga et al.   IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS

Airway Microbiome Dynamics in Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2014) Y. J. Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Biogeography and individuality shape function in the human skin metagenome

(2014) Julia Oh et al.   NATURE

Precision microbiome reconstitution restores bile acid mediated resistance to Clostridium difficile

(2014) Charlie G. Buffie et al.   NATURE

Dynamics and associations of microbial community types across the human body

(2014) Tao Ding et al.   NATURE

Sequence-specific antimicrobials using efficiently delivered RNA-guided nucleases

(2014) Robert J Citorik et al.   NATURE BIOTECHNOLOGY

Microbial Communities in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Patients with Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2014) HeeKuk Park et al.   PLoS One

Propionibacterium-Produced Coproporphyrin III Induces Staphylococcus aureus Aggregation and Biofilm Formation

(2014) M. S. Wollenberg et al.   mBio

Laryngitis

(2014) J. M. Wood et al.   BMJ-British Medical Journal

Acquiring and maintaining a normal oral microbiome: current perspective

(2014) Egija Zaura et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Shifting the paradigm from pathogens to pathobiome: new concepts in the light of meta-omics

(2014) Muriel Vayssier-Taussat et al.   Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Exploration of bacterial community classes in major human habitats

(2014) Yanjiao Zhou et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Characterization of the nasopharyngeal microbiota in health and during rhinovirus challenge

(2014) E Allen et al.   Microbiome

Increased Risk of Pneumonia and Bronchiolitis after Bacterial Colonization of the Airways as Neonates

(2013) Nadja H. Vissing et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Outgrowth of the Bacterial Airway Microbiome after Rhinovirus Exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

(2013) Philip L. Molyneaux et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Comparison of the Respiratory Microbiome in Healthy Nonsmokers and Smokers

(2013) Alison Morris et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Pyrosequencing analysis of the human microbiota of healthy Chinese undergraduates

(2013) Zongxin Ling et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Nasal Microenvironments and Interspecific Interactions Influence Nasal Microbiota Complexity and S. aureus Carriage

(2013) Miling Yan et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Comparing the anterior nare bacterial community of two discrete human populations using Illumina amplicon sequencing

(2013) Amélia Camarinha-Silva et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Clearance of Staphylococcus aureus Nasal Carriage Is T Cell Dependent and Mediated through Interleukin-17A Expression and Neutrophil Influx

(2013) Nathan K. Archer et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Characterization ofsilin Invasive Group A and G Streptococci: Antibodies against Bacterial Pheromone Peptide SilCR Result in Severe Infection

(2013) Ayelet Michael-Gayego et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Group A streptococci are protected from amoxicillin-mediated killing by vesicles containing  -lactamase derived from Haemophilus influenzae

(2013) V. Schaar et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Oropharyngeal and nasopharyngeal sampling for the detection of adolescent Streptococcus pneumoniae carriers

(2013) N. Principi et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The role of pattern recognition receptors in intestinal inflammation

(2013) M Fukata et al.   Mucosal Immunology

Control of pathogens and pathobionts by the gut microbiota

(2013) Nobuhiko Kamada et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Molecular Mapping to Species Level of the Tonsillar Crypt Microbiota Associated with Health and Recurrent Tonsillitis

(2013) Anders Jensen et al.   PLoS One

Analyses of the Stability and Core Taxonomic Memberships of the Human Microbiome

(2013) Kelvin Li et al.   PLoS One

Microbial communities in the respiratory tract of patients with interstitial lung disease

(2013) Christian Garzoni et al.   THORAX

Co-colonization by Haemophilus influenzae with Streptococcus pneumoniae enhances pneumococcal-specific antibody response in young children

(2013) Qingfu Xu et al.   VACCINE

Interspecies Communication among Commensal and Pathogenic Streptococci

(2013) L. C. Cook et al.   mBio

Biogeography of the ecosystems of the healthy human body

(2013) Yanjiao Zhou et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Upper Respiratory Tract Microbial Communities, Acute Otitis Media Pathogens, and Antibiotic Use in Healthy and Sick Children

(2012) Melinda M. Pettigrew et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Nurture trumps nature in a longitudinal survey of salivary bacterial communities in twins from early adolescence to early adulthood

(2012) S. S. Stahringer et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Intestinal colonization resistance

(2012) Trevor D. Lawley et al.   IMMUNOLOGY

Nasopharyngeal Microbiota in Infants With Acute Otitis Media

(2012) Markus Hilty et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Oral Microbial Profile Discriminates Breast-fed From Formula-fed Infants

(2012) Pernilla L. Holgerson et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION

Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

(2012) Rafael Lozano et al.   LANCET

Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

(2012)   NATURE

The human microbiome: at the interface of health and disease

(2012) Ilseung Cho et al.   NATURE REVIEWS GENETICS

Microbial interactions: from networks to models

(2012) Karoline Faust et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

The oral microbiome in health and disease

(2012) William G. Wade   PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Complex Carbohydrate Utilization by the Healthy Human Microbiome

(2012) Brandi L. Cantarel et al.   PLoS One

Associations between Pathogens in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Young Children: Interplay between Viruses and Bacteria

(2012) Menno R. van den Bergh et al.   PLoS One

The Application of Ecological Theory Toward an Understanding of the Human Microbiome

(2012) E. K. Costello et al.   SCIENCE

Sinus Microbiome Diversity Depletion and Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum Enrichment Mediates Rhinosinusitis

(2012) N. A. Abreu et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Composition of the adult digestive tract bacterial microbiome based on seven mouth surfaces, tonsils, throat and stool samples

(2012) Nicola Segata et al.   GENOME BIOLOGY

Topographical Continuity of Bacterial Populations in the Healthy Human Respiratory Tract

(2011) Emily S. Charlson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Moraxella catarrhalisOuter Membrane Vesicles Carry β-Lactamase and Promote Survival ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeandHaemophilus influenzaeby Inactivating Amoxicillin

(2011) Viveka Schaar et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Bacteriocin Production: a Probiotic Trait?

(2011) Alleson Dobson et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Exploring the oral microbiota of children at various developmental stages of their dentition in the relation to their oral health

(2011) Wim Crielaard et al.   BMC Medical Genomics

Streptococcus pneumoniae exposure is associated with human metapneumovirus seroconversion and increased susceptibility to in vitro HMPV infection

(2011) N.J. Verkaik et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Association Between Pneumonia and Oral Care in Nursing Home Residents

(2011) Ali A. El-Solh   LUNG

The skin microbiome

(2011) Elizabeth A. Grice et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

“Sebocytes’ makeup” - Novel mechanisms and concepts in the physiology of the human sebaceous glands

(2011) Balázs I. Tóth et al.   PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY

Variability and Diversity of Nasopharyngeal Microbiota in Children: A Metagenomic Analysis

(2011) Debby Bogaert et al.   PLoS One

Characterization of the Diversity and Temporal Stability of Bacterial Communities in Human Milk

(2011) Katherine M. Hunt et al.   PLoS One

The Antibacterial Lectin RegIII  Promotes the Spatial Segregation of Microbiota and Host in the Intestine

(2011) S. Vaishnava et al.   SCIENCE

Microbial Communities of the Upper Respiratory Tract and Otitis Media in Children

(2011) A. S. Laufer et al.   mBio

The ecology of nasal colonization of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae and Staphylococcus aureus: the role of competition and interactions with host's immune response

(2010) Elisa Margolis et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Within-Host Competition Drives Selection for the Capsule Virulence Determinant of Streptococcus pneumoniae

(2010) Elena S. Lysenko et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Influenza Infection Leads to Increased Susceptibility to Subsequent Bacterial Superinfection by Impairing NK Cell Responses in the Lung

(2010) Cherrie-Lee Small et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Modulation of Shigella virulence in response to available oxygen in vivo

(2010) Benoit Marteyn et al.   NATURE

Periodontitis: a polymicrobial disruption of host homeostasis

(2010) Richard P. Darveau   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Prevalence of Streptococcal Pharyngitis and Streptococcal Carriage in Children: A Meta-analysis

(2010) N. Shaikh et al.   PEDIATRICS

The Human Nasal Microbiota and Staphylococcus aureus Carriage

(2010) Daniel N. Frank et al.   PLoS One

Disordered Microbial Communities in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Cigarette Smokers

(2010) Emily S. Charlson et al.   PLoS One

Delivery mode shapes the acquisition and structure of the initial microbiota across multiple body habitats in newborns

(2010) M. G. Dominguez-Bello et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Conceptual Synthesis in Community Ecology

(2010) Mark Vellend   QUARTERLY REVIEW OF BIOLOGY

Comparative Analyses of the Bacterial Microbiota of the Human Nostril and Oropharynx

(2010) Katherine Lemon   mBio

Bacteria Challenge in Smoke-exposed Mice Exacerbates Inflammation and Skews the Inflammatory Profile

(2009) Gordon J. Gaschler et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Influenza Virus Infection Decreases Tracheal Mucociliary Velocity and Clearance ofStreptococcus pneumoniae

(2009) Lynnelle A. Pittet et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY CELL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Antimicrobial peptides and the skin immune defense system

(2009) Jürgen Schauber et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Type I IFNs mediate development of postinfluenza bacterial pneumonia in mice

(2009) Arash Shahangian et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Topographical and Temporal Diversity of the Human Skin Microbiome

(2009) E. A. Grice et al.   SCIENCE

Invasive pneumococcal disease in the Netherlands: Syndromes, outcome and potential vaccine benefits

(2009) Angelique G.S.C. Jansen et al.   VACCINE

Functional Analysis of the Quorum-Sensing Streptococcal Invasion Locus (sil)

(2009) Ilia Belotserkovsky et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Rhinovirus Disrupts the Barrier Function of Polarized Airway Epithelial Cells

(2008) Umadevi Sajjan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Molecular Characterization of Human-Colonizing Streptococcus agalactiae Strains Isolated from Throat, Skin, Anal Margin, and Genital Body Sites

(2008) N. van der Mee-Marquet et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins

(2008) Peter J. Turnbaugh et al.   NATURE

Inhibition of pulmonary antibacterial defense by interferon-γ during recovery from influenza infection

(2008) Keer Sun et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

The immune privilege of the oral mucosa

(2008) Natalija Novak et al.   TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE