The skin microbiome as a clinical biomarker in atopic eczema: Promises, navigation, and pitfalls

Matthias Reiger; Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann; Avidan U Neumann

doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2019.11.004

The skin microbiome as a clinical biomarker in atopic eczema: Promises, navigation, and pitfalls

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2020 Jan;145(1):93-96. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.11.004.

Authors

Matthias Reiger¹, Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann², Avidan U Neumann³

Affiliations

¹ Chair and Institute of Environmental Medicine, UNIKA-T, Technical University of Munich, and Helmholtz Zentrum München, Augsburg, Germany; CK-CARE, Christine-Kühne Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos, Switzerland.
² Chair and Institute of Environmental Medicine, UNIKA-T, Technical University of Munich, and Helmholtz Zentrum München, Augsburg, Germany; CK-CARE, Christine-Kühne Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos, Switzerland; ZIEL-Institute for Food & Health, Technical University of Munich, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany.
³ Chair and Institute of Environmental Medicine, UNIKA-T, Technical University of Munich, and Helmholtz Zentrum München, Augsburg, Germany; CK-CARE, Christine-Kühne Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos, Switzerland. Electronic address: avidan.neumann@tum.de.

PMID: 31910987
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2019.11.004

No abstract available

Keywords: Atopic dermatitis; Staphylococcus aureus; atopic eczema; clinical biomarker; deep sequencing; next-generation sequencing; personalized medicine; quantitative PCR; skin microbiome; standardized methods.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Biomarkers / metabolism
Dermatitis, Atopic* / immunology
Dermatitis, Atopic* / metabolism
Dermatitis, Atopic* / pathology
Eczema* / immunology
Eczema* / metabolism
Eczema* / pathology
Humans
Microbiota / immunology*
Skin* / immunology
Skin* / metabolism
Skin* / pathology

Substances

Biomarkers