Researchers
from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated
that the immune system influences the skin microbiome. A new study has found
that the skin microbiome (a collection of microorganisms inhabiting the human
body) is governed in part by the branch
of the immune system called complement. In turn microbes on the skin tweak the
complement system, as well as immune surveillance of the skin. The research
team found that complement may, in part, be responsible for maintaining a
diverse set of microbes on our skin and keeping the skin healthy, which could
play a role in a host of skin diseases.
The
researcher speculate that if scientists can work out the skin microbiome and
its relationship with complement, they might be able to tweak the microbial
population one way or another to, for instance, modulate complement
activation in patients with diseases that are in part caused by dysregulated or
dysfunctional signalling,
For
further details, see the following paper:
Posted by Tim Sandle
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