Microbiome dysbiosis is associated with disease duration and increased inflammatory gene expression in systemic sclerosis skin

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BACKGROUND: Infectious agents have long been postulated to be disease triggers for systemic sclerosis (SSc), but a definitive link has not been found. Metagenomic analyses of high-throughput data allows for the unbiased identification of potential microbiome pathogens in skin biopsies of SSc patients and allows insight into the relationship with host gene expression. METHODS: We examined skin biopsies from a...

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