The Ocular Microbiome: Molecular Characterization of a Unique and Low Microbial Environment

Sjögren-Like Lacrimal Keratoconjunctivitis in Germ-Free Mice

(2018) Changjun Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Protective role of commensal bacteria in Sjögren Syndrome

(2018) Mahira Zaheer et al.   JOURNAL OF AUTOIMMUNITY

Epigenetics, microbiota, and intraocular inflammation: New paradigms of immune regulation in the eye

(2018) Xiaofeng Wen et al.   PROGRESS IN RETINAL AND EYE RESEARCH

Recognizing the reagent microbiome

(2018) Marcus C. de Goffau et al.   Nature Microbiology

The human gut microbiome in early-onset type 1 diabetes from the TEDDY study

(2018) Tommi Vatanen et al.   NATURE

The microbiome and HLA-B27-associated acute anterior uveitis

(2018) James T. Rosenbaum et al.   Nature Reviews Rheumatology

Biogeography of the human ocular microbiota

(2018) Jerome Ozkan et al.   Ocular Surface

An Ocular Commensal Protects against Corneal Infection by Driving an Interleukin-17 Response from Mucosal γδ T Cells

(2017) Anthony J. St. Leger et al.   IMMUNITY

A bacteriophages journey through the human body

(2017) Jeremy J. Barr   IMMUNOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Involvement of a gut–retina axis in protection against dietary glycemia-induced age-related macular degeneration

(2017) Sheldon Rowan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Temporal Stability and Composition of the Ocular Surface Microbiome

(2017) Jerome Ozkan et al.   Scientific Reports

16S rRNA gene sequencing of mock microbial populations- impact of DNA extraction method, primer choice and sequencing platform

(2016) Fiona Fouhy et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Defining the normal core microbiome of conjunctival microbial communities

(2016) Y. Huang et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Changes in the Eye Microbiota Associated with Contact Lens Wearing

(2016) Hakdong Shin et al.   mBio

Impact of Microbiota on Resistance to Ocular Pseudomonas aeruginosa-Induced Keratitis

(2016) Abirami Kugadas et al.   PLoS Pathogens

Disentangling type 2 diabetes and metformin treatment signatures in the human gut microbiota

(2015) Kristoffer Forslund et al.   NATURE

A novel conceptual approach to read-filtering in high-throughput amplicon sequencing studies

(2015) Fernando Puente-Sánchez et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Identification of Torque Teno Virus in Culture-Negative Endophthalmitis by Representational Deep DNA Sequencing

(2015) Aaron Y. Lee et al.   OPHTHALMOLOGY

Considerations in Understanding the Ocular Surface Microbiome

(2014) Michael E. Zegans et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Reagent and laboratory contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses

(2014) Susannah J Salter et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

Conducting a Microbiome Study

(2014) Julia K. Goodrich et al.   CELL

The Impact of Different DNA Extraction Kits and Laboratories upon the Assessment of Human Gut Microbiota Composition by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing

(2014) Nicholas A. Kennedy et al.   PLoS One

Oral Microbiome Link to Neurodegeneration in Glaucoma

(2014) Konstantin Astafurov et al.   PLoS One

The conjunctival microbiome in health and trachomatous disease: a case control study

(2014) Yanjiao Zhou et al.   Genome Medicine

Characterization of the normal microbiota of the ocular surface

(2013) Mark D.P. Willcox   EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH

Antimicrobial compounds in tears

(2013) Alison M. McDermott   EXPERIMENTAL EYE RESEARCH

The SILVA and “All-species Living Tree Project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks

(2013) Pelin Yilmaz et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Bacteriophage adhering to mucus provide a non-host-derived immunity

(2013) J. J. Barr et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A metagenome-wide association study of gut microbiota in type 2 diabetes

(2012) Junjie Qin et al.   NATURE

Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

(2012)   NATURE

Evaluation of general 16S ribosomal RNA gene PCR primers for classical and next-generation sequencing-based diversity studies

(2012) Anna Klindworth et al.   NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH

Comparison of DNA Extraction Methods for Microbial Community Profiling with an Application to Pediatric Bronchoalveolar Lavage Samples

(2012) Dana Willner et al.   PLoS One

Environmental biodiversity, human microbiota, and allergy are interrelated

(2012) I. Hanski et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Estimation of bacterial diversity using next generation sequencing of 16S rDNA: a comparison of different workflows

(2011) Jorge Barriuso et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

An improved Greengenes taxonomy with explicit ranks for ecological and evolutionary analyses of bacteria and archaea

(2011) Daniel McDonald et al.   ISME Journal

A Comparison of DNA Collection and Retrieval from Two Swab Types (Cotton and Nylon Flocked Swab) when Processed Using Three QIAGEN Extraction Methods

(2011) Robert J. Brownlow et al.   JOURNAL OF FORENSIC SCIENCES

Reducing the Effects of PCR Amplification and Sequencing Artifacts on 16S rRNA-Based Studies

(2011) Patrick D. Schloss et al.   PLoS One

QIIME allows analysis of high-throughput community sequencing data

(2010) J Gregory Caporaso et al.   NATURE METHODS

The allergy-protective properties of Acinetobacter lwoffii F78 are imparted by its lipopolysaccharide

(2009) J. Debarry et al.   ALLERGY

Assessment of Bias Associated with Incomplete Extraction of Microbial DNA from Soil

(2009) L. M. Feinstein et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

BLAST+: architecture and applications

(2009) Christiam Camacho et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Microbial community profiling for human microbiome projects: Tools, techniques, and challenges

(2009) M. Hamady et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Bacterial Community Variation in Human Body Habitats Across Space and Time

(2009) E. K. Costello et al.   SCIENCE

The association between conjunctival MALT lymphoma and Helicobacter pylori

(2008) S.-B. Lee et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY

Chlamydophila psittaciis viable and infectious in the conjunctiva and peripheral blood of patients with ocular adnexal lymphoma: Results of a single‐center prospective case–control study

(2008) Andrés J.M. Ferreri et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER