Gender effects in the association between airway microbiome and asthma

Gender differences are found in asthma susceptibility and severity. Accumulating evidence has linked airway microbiome dysbiosis with asthma and the airway microbial communities are found to be different by gender. However, whether gender modifies the link between airway microbiome and asthma has not been investigated.

Source: Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology - September 10, 2020 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Renjin Chen, Leran Wang, Tammy Koch, Vanessa Curtis, Huiqing Yin-DeClue, Scott A. Handley, Liang Shan, Michael J. Holtzman, Mario Castro, Leyao Wang Source Type: research