Sentences with phrase «skin microbiota»
Skin microbiota refers to the collection of tiny microorganisms, such as bacteria and fungi, that live on the surface of our skin. These microorganisms form a diverse and balanced community that helps protect our skin, maintain its health, and prevent harmful bacteria from causing infections. Full definition
«Host genome controls skin microbiota and inflammation.»
sciencedaily.com
In a recent study published in the journal Nature Communications on 17 September, John Baines, Saleh Ibrahim and their colleagues of the Inflammation Research Excellence Cluster show that composition of skin microbiota is controlled by the host genome and that skin bacteria may have a greater influence on inflammatory diseases than previously thought.
Little is known, however, on how gut and skin microbiota composition is controlled.
The inflammation cluster research groups led by Saleh Ibrahim of the University of Lübeck, and John Baines of the MPI and CAU, correlated the genomic variations of hundreds of mice that partially develop skin inflammatory diseases with skin microbiota.
Furthermore they identified genetic loci contributing to skin microbiota variability, susceptibility to skin inflammation and their overlap.
There were no significant differences in bacterial diversity and composition between the conjunctiva or skin microbiota at different time points.
Using MinION to characterize dog skin microbiota through full - length 16S rRNA gene sequencing approach
Their landmark findings will open the door to identify gene variants controlling skin microbiota and to define their link to various diseases such as skin inflammatory disorders.
Most of these bacteria comprise the normal gut and skin microbiota.
The team is building on a patent obtained in 2014 and used MIPs in a formulation to selectively scavenge and inactivate the precursors of bad smells, which could potentially do so without disturbing the skin microbiota.
Geneticist Elizabeth Grice of the National Human Genome Research Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, cautions that «it is difficult to determine at this point how unique a person's skin microbiota is because so few people's skin microbiomes have been fully characterized.»
Despite the importance of our skin microbiota, we still know very little about what shapes the distribution and diversity of the skin microbiome.
The cutaneous innate and adaptive immune responses can modulate the skin microbiota, but the microbiota also functions in educating the immune system.