Host–Microbe Interactions in Respiratory Disease
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Medical Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 August 2026 | Viewed by 115
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue of Microorganisms entitled “Host–Microbe Interactions in Respiratory Disease” aims to provide an advanced forum for rigorous experimental and theoretical studies that elucidate how airway-associated microorganisms and host responses jointly shape respiratory health and pathology. We welcome contributions addressing prokaryotic and eukaryotic members of the respiratory microbiome as well as viruses, and encourage submissions that report methods and datasets in sufficient detail to ensure reproducibility and enable reuse. The scope spans microbial physiology, ecology, genetics, evolution and systems microbiology in the context of the upper and lower airways, including the bacteriome, virome and mycobiome and their spatial and temporal dynamics. Topics of interest include molecular and cellular mechanisms of mucosal and systemic immunity, host–pathogen interactions, immune modulation by commensals, and cross-compartmental communication such as the gut–lung axis. We particularly encourage multi-omics and integrative approaches linking microbial community structure and function with host pathways, as well as studies that advance medical microbiology through microbiome-informed diagnostics, prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic strategies (e.g., pro-/postbiotics, microbiota-targeted interventions, host-directed therapies, and vaccine concepts). Priority is given to work addressing causality, standardization and translation across asthma, COPD, pneumonia, ARDS, fibrosis and lung cancer.
Prof. Dr. Alexander S. Mosig
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- respiratory microbiome
- virome
- mycobiome
- host immunity
- gut–lung axis
- multi-omics
- dysbiosis
- biomarkers
- therapeutics
- personalized medicine
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