New publication: The gut microbiome in ARDS: from the "whether" and "what" to the "how"
Kale Bongers, along with Robert Dickson and Kathleen Stringer, just published a new editorial in the European Respiratory Journal on the role of the gut microbiome in ARDS. They discuss an exciting recent new study in ERJ by Wang et al: Gut microbiota-derived succinate aggravates acute lung injury after intestinal ischaemia/reperfusion in mice.
They discuss the various mechanisms by which gut bacteria may protect from - and promote - the pathogenesis of lung injury in critical illness. Congrats Kale!
