The Microbiome: a Revolution in Treatment for Rheumatic Diseases?

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Rosenbaum, James T ^a,b   Asquith, Mark J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankylosing spondylitis; Microbiome; Mucosal immunity; Psoriatic arthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

DOXYCYCLINE; HLA ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLITIS; COLLINSELLA; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE COURSE; FECAL MICROBIOTA TRANSPLANTATION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA PERMEABILITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS; PREVOTELLA; PREVOTELLA COPRI; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TH17 CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; RHEUMATIC DISEASES;

EID: 84988448084     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-016-0614-8     Document Type: Review

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