ReviewInfection and immunity2021
Living in Your Skin: Microbes, Molecules, and Mechanisms.
Review in Infection and immunity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
86 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 170 citations in OpenAlex.
- Microbiome and One Health in GCC countries: current status, research gaps, and future directions.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Pooled it
- Immune dysregulation and gut microbiota: Connection to health and disease development.Neural regeneration research · 2026Article
- Temperature and Ultraviolet Radiation Influence the Skin Microbiome of Humpback Whales.Molecular ecology · 2026Article
- Large-scale investigation for antimicrobial activity reveals newly-identified defensive species across the healthy skin microbiome.Nature communications · 2026Article
- V- and VNature communications · 2026Article
- Shotgun Metagenomic Characterization of Acne Microbiota Before and After Treatment with a Topical Biotechnological Phytocomplex: Understanding Skin Dysbiosis.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Human and Marine Host Defense Peptides for Healthy Skin.Marine drugs · 2026Review
- Dextran-based stimuli-responsive hydrogels for smart dressings in wound healing.Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine · 2026Review
- Seed Oil ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Viable vs. Nonviable Microbiota Evaluation of the Hair Follicle and Scalp Microbiome.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2026Article
- Rebalancing the Skin: The Microbiome, Acne Pathogenesis, and the Future of Natural and Synthetic Therapies.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Vitamin D and the aging skin: insights into oxidative stress, inflammation, and barrier function.Immunity & ageing : I & A · 2025Review
- Case Study on Shifts in Human Skin Microbiome During Antarctica Expeditions.Microorganisms · 2025Article
- Analysis of Staphylococcal Diversity in the Skin Microbiota of Healthy Riding Horses.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Role ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Exploring the skin mycobiome in intensive care patients: a pilot study on fungal diversity from axillary and groin swabs.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
- Recent advances in understanding of radiation-induced skin tissue reactions with respect to acute tissue injury and late adverse effect.Journal of radiation research · 2025Review
- Skin microbiota in atopic dermatitis: victim or executioner?Clinical microbiology reviews · 2025Review
- Harnessing the Microbiome: CRISPR-Based Gene Editing and Antimicrobial Peptides in Combating Antibiotic Resistance and Cancer.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2025Review
- The Skin Microbiome, Microbial Metabolites and the Epidermal Response to Ultraviolet Radiation-Towards Next Generation Suncare.Experimental dermatology · 2025Review
26 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Human skin functions as a physical, chemical, and immune barrier against the external environment while also providing a protective niche for its resident microbiota, known as the skin microbiome. Cooperation between the microbiota, host skin cells, and the immune system is responsible for maintenance of skin health, and a disruption to this delicate balance, such as by pathogen invasion or a breach in the skin barrier, may lead to impaired skin function. In this minireview, we describe the role of the microbiome in microbe, host, and immune interactions under distinct skin states, including homeostasis, tissue repair, and wound infection. Furthermore, we highlight the growing number of diverse microbial metabolites and products that have been identified to mediate these interactions, particularly those involved in host-microbe communication and defensive symbiosis. We also address the contextual pathogenicity exhibited by many skin commensals and provide insight into future directions in the skin microbiome field.
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