Anti-synthetase syndrome (ASS), a subtype of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IMM), is characterized by distinctive skin rashes, proximal muscle weakness, and interstitial lung disease (ILD). The eti
The kidney, urine, and plasma proteomes are intimately related: proteins and metabolic waste products are filtered from the plasma by the kidney and excreted via the urine, while kidney proteins may b
Mounting evidence indicates that microbiome plays an important role in the development and progression of cancer. The dogma that urine in healthy individuals must be sterile has been overturned. Dysbi
Blood microbiome is important to investigate microbial-host interactions and the effects on systemic immune perturbations. However, this effort has met with major challenges due to low microbial bioma
