Annals of Allergy, Asthma & ImmunologySeptember 4, 2020
Sex effects in the association between airway microbiome and asthma
Renjin Chen, Leran Wang, Tammy Koch RN, Vanessa Curtis, Huiqing Yin-DeClue, Scott A. Handley, Liang Shan, Michael J. Holtzman, Mario Castro, Leyao Wang
doi:10.1016/j.anai.2020.09.007Abstract
Sex differences exist in asthma susceptibility and severity. Accumulating evidence has linked airway microbiome dysbiosis to asthma, and airway microbial communities have been found to differ by sex. However, whether sex modifies the link between airway microbiome and asthma has not been investigated.
To evaluate sex effects in the association between airway microbiome and asthma.