Date: 07/29/2024

by: Minh Ho1, Huynh-Nga Nguyen, Minh Van Hoang, Tien Thuy Thi Bui5, Bao-Quoc Vu, Truc Huong Thi Dinh, Hoa Thi My V, Diana C. Blaydon, Sherif A. Eldirany, Christopher G. Bunick and Chi-Bao Bui

Congenital ichthyosis (CI) is a collective group of rare hereditary skin disorders. Patients present with epidermal scaling, fissuring, chronic inflammation, and increased susceptibility to infections. Recently, there is increased interest in the skin microbiome; therefore, we hypothesized that CI patients likely exhibit an abnormal profile of epidermal microbes because of their various underlying skin barrier defects.

https://humgenomics.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40246-024-00603-x