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World J Respirol. Jul 28, 2017; 7(2): 39-47
Published online Jul 28, 2017. doi: 10.5320/wjr.v7.i2.39
Lung microbiome in healthy and diseased individuals
Yulia Evsyutina, Inna Komkova, Oksana Zolnikova, Petr Tkachenko, Vladimir Ivashkin
Yulia Evsyutina, Department of Gastroenterology, First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow 119991, Russia
Inna Komkova, Oksana Zolnikova, Department of Pulmonology, First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow 119991, Russia
Petr Tkachenko, Department of Hepatology, First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow 119991, Russia
Vladimir Ivashkin, Director of University Clinical Hospital 2, First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow 119991, Russia
Author contributions: All authors contributed to this paper with the conception, literature review and analysis; Evsyutina Y, Komkova I and Zolnikova O wrote the manuscript; Tkachenko P and Ivashkin V reviewed and edited the manuscript critically; all authors approved the final version.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors have no conflicts of interests to declare.
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Correspondence to: Inna Komkova, PhD, Department of Pulmonology, First Moscow State Medical University, Trubetskaya Str., Bld. 8/2, Moscow 119991, Russia. drkomkova@gmail.com
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Received: October 30, 2016
Peer-review started: November 3, 2016
First decision: February 16, 2017
Revised: March 15, 2017
Accepted: April 16, 2017
Article in press: April 17, 2017
Published online: July 28, 2017
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Core Tip

Core tip: The role of the respiratory tract microbiota in a healthy state and in respiratory diseases is broadly discussed nowadays. There is also a big amount of data regarding contribution of gastrointestinal microbiota changes in respiratory diseases development. A gut-lung axis conception is of great interest. Perspective of prebiotics and probiotics application in lung diseases treatment looks very promising. Huge number of researches has been done on topics mentioned above. Our objective is to consolidate the current literature to summarize the most recent and most important data concerning this subject.