RT Book, Section
A1 Gordon, Jeffrey I.
A1 Knight, Rob
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
SR Print(0)
ID 1141404423
T1 THE HUMAN MICROBIOME
T2 Harrison's Infectious Diseases, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259835971
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141404423
RD 2024/04/19
AB The  technologies  that  allowed  us  to  decipher  the  human  genome  have  revolutionized  our  ability  to  delineate  the  composition  and  functions  of  the  microbial  communities  that  colonize  our  bodies  and  make  up  our  microbiota.  Each  body  habitat,  including  the  skin,  nose,  mouth,  airways,  gastrointestinal  tract,  and  vagina,  harbors  a  distinctive  community  of  microbes.  Efforts  to  understand  our  microbiota  and  its  collection  of  microbial  genes  (our  microbiome)  are  changing  our  views  of  “self”  and  deepening  our  understanding  of  many  normal  physiologic,  metabolic,  and  immunologic  features  and  their  interpersonal  and  intrapersonal  variations.  In  addition,  this  area  of  research  is  beginning  to  provide  new  insights  into  diseases  not  previously  known  to  have  microbial  “contributors”  and  is  suggesting  new  strategies  for  treatment  and  prevention.  Key  terms  used  in  the  discussion  of  the  human  microbiome  are  defined  in  Table  3-1.