Lung Microbiome Analysis in Steroid-Naїve Asthma Patients by Using Whole Sputum

• Published in: Tuberculosis and respiratory diseases Vol. 79; no. 3; pp. 165 - 178
• Main Authors: Jung, Jae-Woo, Choi, Jae-Chol, Shin, Jong-Wook, Kim, Jae-Yeol, Park, In-Won, Choi, Byoung Whui, Park, Heung-Woo, Cho, Sang-Heon, Kim, Kijeong, Kang, Hye-Ryun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 01.07.2016
• Subjects: Original; Microbiota; Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; Sputum; Asthma

Although recent metagenomic approaches have characterized the distinguished microbial compositions in airways of asthmatics, these results did not reach a consensus due to the small sample size, non-standardization of specimens and medication status. We conducted a metagenomics approach by using ter...