January 2026 in “Frontiers in Microbiology” This study suggests that Enterococcus faecium fermentation broth may have anti-aging effects in mice, mainly through modulating gut microbiota and enhancing immunity, with the key component NlpC/P60 potentially boosting host immune responses and increasing beneficial bacterial populations.
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March 2022 in “Frontiers in Immunology” This review discusses the regulatory roles of type 2 alarmin cytokines in skin immunity, focusing on their implications in host defense, chronic inflammation, and cancer, but reports no new clinical results.
In this research, geography was found to explain more variation in the human skin microbiome than skin type, while host genetics contributed unique microbial structures, highlighting their role in skin microbiome ecology through extensive genomic and metagenomic analyses in a diverse international cohort.
September 2025 in “Immunological Reviews” This review describes how the skin can form its own immune response through dermal tertiary lymphoid organs, which function independently of traditional lymph nodes, potentially offering new insights into skin health care and treatments.
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March 2022 in “BioEssays” This paper reviews how studying the microbiome of the freshwater polyp Hydra can inform new, microbiome-targeting therapies for human hair follicle and skin diseases; it presents no new experimental findings.