Extract
Though the notion of a “lung microbiome”,i.e。一个复杂的微生物inhabiti社区ng and influencing the lower respiratory tract, is barely a decade old [1], there is nothing new about the idea that the lungs represent a crucial interface between us and the microbial universe we inhabit. Louis Pasteur demonstrated the presence of viable microbes in air [2], and one of his contemporaries calculated that healthy adults inhale between 1500 and 14 000 organisms each hour [3].
Abstract
Yet more evidence that the lung microbiome plays a role in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. But how close are we to proving causality? An editorial from Dickson, Harari and Kolb in theERJ。http://bit.ly/2Ps1ow4
Footnotes
Conflict of interest: R.P. Dickson has nothing to disclose.
Conflict of interest: S. Harari has nothing to disclose.
利益冲突:m·科尔布报告赠款和personal fees for consultancy and lectures from Roche and Boehringer Ingelheim, grants and personal fees for consultancy from GSK, Gilead and Prometic, grants from Actelion, Respivert, Alkermes and Pharmaxis, personal fees for consultancy from Genoa, Indalo and Third Pole, outside the submitted work.
- ReceivedFebruary 13, 2020.
- AcceptedFebruary 14, 2020.
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