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ReviewJournal of translational medicine2025

The airway mycobiome in chronic respiratory diseases: current advances and future frontiers.

Wenliang Zhu, Feng Li, Dingnan Lin, Lixian Cai, Chunmei Dai, Haiyue Liu, Yihua Lin

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Review in Journal of translational medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  3. International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Wenliang Zhu *Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Feng Li *Clinical Nutrition Department, Cardiovascular Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Dingnan LinDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Lixian CaiDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Chunmei DaiDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Haiyue LiuXiamen Key Laboratory of Genetic Testing, Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. liuhaiyue@xmu.edu.cn.
Yihua LinDepartment of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University, School of Medicine, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. lyh7@xmu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-9354-7704

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The airway mycobiome is an important component of the respiratory microbiome and of clinical relevance, but has been largely underappreciated. Recent studies have characterized fungal community composition in the airways and elucidated its associations with the pathogenesis and progression of chronic respiratory diseases (CRDs), including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis (CF). A systematic understanding of the composition and dynamic changes of fungal microbiota in the airways, as well as their currently known interactions with the host in CRDs, may provide comprehensive insights into the pathological mechanisms of CRDs and improve diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. In this review, we synthesize current evidence on the role of the respiratory mycobiome in CRDs, focusing on mycobiome dysbiosis during disease pathogenesis, host-fungal interactions, and associated immune modulation. Additionally, we explore future research directions, key challenges, and potential therapeutic strategies targeting the fungal microbiota. This review redefines the contribution of fungi to the pathophysiology of CRDs based on current evidence and insights.

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FungiMycobiomeRespiratory SystemRespiratory Tract DiseasesAnimalsChronic DiseaseHumansChronic respiratory diseasesFungiMicrobiomeMycobiome

Identifiers

PMID41437272
PMCPMC12723897

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