A novel strategy to identify asthma-associated microbial clusters

Increasing evidence indicates that the development of asthma is associated with microbial communities in indoor environments.1,2 However, because of high temporal and spatial variations and the multidimensionality of microbiome data set, it is challenging to identify an accurate set of protective and risk microbes for asthma. The current standard is performing association analysis between asthma and microbial community composition or quantity of cellular components (eg, endotoxins or microbial volatile organic compounds).
Source: Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology - Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Tags: Correspondence Source Type: research