Airway microbiota in young people across four continents differ by country, asthma status and inflammatory phenotype
Both airway inflammation and microbiology varied geographically in young people with asthma. Associations between microbiota characteristics and neutrophilic phenotype were conserved.
Authors
- Steven Robertson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-5136-7543)
- Levi Elms
- Collin Brooks (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3947-2246)
- Yisela Oviedo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4819-7204)
- Maurício L. Barreto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0215-4930)
- Jeroen Burmanje
- Sarah K Manning
- Pembrey Lucy
- Susan Ring
- Álvaro A. Cruz
- Camila Alexandrina Figueiredo
- Jeroen Douwes
- Karin van Veldhoven
- Pius Tumwesige
- Steven L Taylor
- Hajar Ali
- Irene Nambuya
- Geraint B Rogers
- Philip J Cooper
- Martha Chico
- Charlotte E Rutter
Institutions
- Universidade Federal da Bahia (BR)
- St George's, University of London (GB)
- Flinders University (AU)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Knowledge Integration (United Kingdom) (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (AU)
- Universidad Internacional del Ecuador (EC)
- Fundación Para La Investigación Y Gestión En Servicios de Salud (EC)
- MRC Epidemiology Unit (GB)
- Massey University (NZ)
- Uganda Virus Research Institute (UG)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Thorax
- Published
- 2026-01-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/thorax-2025-222965
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Gut microbiota and health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 22.24
Funders
- European Commission
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- Marsden Fund