Role of the Lung Microbiome in the Pathogenesis of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Objective: The development of culture-independent techniques for microbiological analysis shows that bronchial tree is not sterile in either healthy or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) individuals. With the advance of sequencing technologies, lung microbiome has become a new frontier for...

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Main Authors: Lei Wang, Ke Hao, Ting Yang, Chen Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer 2017-01-01
Series:Chinese Medical Journal
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Online Access:http://www.cmj.org/article.asp?issn=0366-6999;year=2017;volume=130;issue=17;spage=2107;epage=2111;aulast=Wang