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SUBMITTER: Salisbury ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5638128 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Salisbury Margaret L ML Han MeiLan K MK Dickson Robert P RP Molyneaux Philip L PL
Current opinion in pulmonary medicine 20170901 5
<h4>Purpose of review</h4>This review summarizes current knowledge of the role of the lung microbiome in interstitial lung disease and poses considerations of the microbiome as a therapeutic target.<h4>Recent findings</h4>Although historically considered sterile, bacterial communities have now been well documented in lungs in health and disease. Studies in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) suggest that increased bacterial burden and/or abundance of potentially pathogenic bacteria may drive dis ...[more]