Alteration in airway microbiota composition and perturbations in microbe-metabolites interactions have been proposed as markers of many diseases. Liu Shen (LS) capsule, a traditional Chinese medicine,
To unveil the rat lung microbiota for advancing human microbiome research and its translation. Six wild-type Sprague Dawley (SD) rat lung, heart, and thymus tissues, including 3 females and 3 males, w
BackgroundDe novo tumors are a major cause of morbidity and mortality after long-term solid organ transplantation. Chronic immunosuppression strongly affects solid organ transplanted (SOT) patients’ i
The most common 'second strike' in mechanically ventilated patients is a pulmonary infection caused by the ease with which bacteria can invade and colonize the lungs due to mechanical ventilation. At
