Blood is a liquid medium that carries the most basic and essential elements of life. In a healthy individual, blood was traditionally considered sterile. However, after molecular-based studies, the concept of a "human blood microbiota" has emerged.
Revealing the relationship between blood microbiota and different diseases has been a source of interest and controversy in the scientific world. After studies utilising next-generation sequencing techniques, the evidence for the presence of microorganisms in the blood has increased. The source of the human blood microbiota is still unclear, and its interaction with the gut microbiota is thought to be high.
On the other hand, studies have suggested that dominant phyla are different from the gut microbiota. Blood microbiota may be more stable than other microbiota. Although it has been reported that gut microbiota and its metabolites are associated with many diseases, it is important to reveal the role and effect of blood microbiota in the etiology and pathophysiology of different diseases.
Therefore, a better understanding of the mechanisms governing the constituents of the blood microbiota, their shifts during health and disease is needed.
The aim of this Research Topic is to provide an up-to-date summary on recent findings on the role of the blood microbiota and to explore relationships between the blood microbiota and diseases. This research topic will act as a key initiative towards facilitating a discussion on the role of blood microbiota and its interactions with the immune system during health and disease.
We invite researchers to submit articles of any type (Original Research, Review, Methods, Perspective, Mini-Review, Opinion) that expand current knowledge and evidence of the Blood Microbiome. The scope of this research topic includes but is not limited to:
• Studies connecting the blood microbiota and systemic diseases;
• Studies analyzing the epidemiology of the blood microbiota diversity and functional variation among different diseases in different populations.
• Unravelling the role of the blood microbiota on disease etiology, physiology and its response to medications and clinical procedures.
• Studies connecting the blood microbiota-immune homeostasis and regulation of the immune response
• Studies analyzing the blood microbiota interventions including diet, supplements, clinical trials, and therapies
Blood is a liquid medium that carries the most basic and essential elements of life. In a healthy individual, blood was traditionally considered sterile. However, after molecular-based studies, the concept of a "human blood microbiota" has emerged.
Revealing the relationship between blood microbiota and different diseases has been a source of interest and controversy in the scientific world. After studies utilising next-generation sequencing techniques, the evidence for the presence of microorganisms in the blood has increased. The source of the human blood microbiota is still unclear, and its interaction with the gut microbiota is thought to be high.
On the other hand, studies have suggested that dominant phyla are different from the gut microbiota. Blood microbiota may be more stable than other microbiota. Although it has been reported that gut microbiota and its metabolites are associated with many diseases, it is important to reveal the role and effect of blood microbiota in the etiology and pathophysiology of different diseases.
Therefore, a better understanding of the mechanisms governing the constituents of the blood microbiota, their shifts during health and disease is needed.
The aim of this Research Topic is to provide an up-to-date summary on recent findings on the role of the blood microbiota and to explore relationships between the blood microbiota and diseases. This research topic will act as a key initiative towards facilitating a discussion on the role of blood microbiota and its interactions with the immune system during health and disease.
We invite researchers to submit articles of any type (Original Research, Review, Methods, Perspective, Mini-Review, Opinion) that expand current knowledge and evidence of the Blood Microbiome. The scope of this research topic includes but is not limited to:
• Studies connecting the blood microbiota and systemic diseases;
• Studies analyzing the epidemiology of the blood microbiota diversity and functional variation among different diseases in different populations.
• Unravelling the role of the blood microbiota on disease etiology, physiology and its response to medications and clinical procedures.
• Studies connecting the blood microbiota-immune homeostasis and regulation of the immune response
• Studies analyzing the blood microbiota interventions including diet, supplements, clinical trials, and therapies