Structure and function of the human skin microbiome

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 660-668

  Schommer, Nina N ^a   Gallo, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Microbial diversity; Microbiota; Skin diseases; Skin health

Indexed keywords

DNA; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; RIBOSOME RNA; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 3;

ACNE; ACTINOBACTERIA; APOCRINE GLAND; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AXILLA; BACTEROIDETES; CORYNEBACTERIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEMODEX; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRMICUTES; FUNGAL DETECTION; HAIR FOLLICLE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALASSEZIA; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL MORPHOLOGY; MICROBIOME; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROSACEA; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN FLORA; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWEAT GLAND; T LYMPHOCYTE; TH1 CELL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOTA; SKIN DISEASES; SKIN HEALTH;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODIVERSITY; FUNGI; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; SKIN; VIRUS PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84888867050     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.10.001     Document Type: Review

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