Multi-omics analyses reveal interactions between the skin microbiota and skin metabolites in atopic dermatitis

DiscussionWe suggest that purine metabolism and phenylalanine metabolism pathway disorders may play a certain role in the pathogenic mechanism of Staphylococcus aureus in AD. We also found that females are more likely to be colonized by the genus Staphylococcus than males. Differentially abundant metabolites involved in purine metabolism and phenylalanine metabolism pathways were more obvious in female. However, we should notice that the metabolites we detected do not necessarily derived from microbes, they may also origin from the host.
Source: Frontiers in Microbiology - Category: Microbiology Source Type: research