Breathe Soft, What Bugs through Early Windows Break?

Ariel Hernandez-Leyva; Naomi G Wilson; Andrew L Kau

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2018.08.012

Breathe Soft, What Bugs through Early Windows Break?

Cell Host Microbe. 2018 Sep 12;24(3):337-339. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.08.012.

Authors

Ariel Hernandez-Leyva¹, Naomi G Wilson¹, Andrew L Kau²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA; Center for Women's Infectious Disease Research, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 30212647
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2018.08.012

Abstract

In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Teo et al. (2018) explore the development of the upper airway microbiota over the first 5 years of life and provide evidence for a "critical window" of microbial exposure that contributes to chronic wheezing, a precursor to asthma.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Asthma / microbiology*
Bacteria
Child
Humans
Hypersensitivity*
Microbiota*
Respiratory Sounds

Grants and funding

T32 GM007200/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States