Artículo
Potential implications of SARS-CoV-2 oral infection in the host microbiota
Autor/es | Xiang, Zhenting
Koo, Hyun Chen, Qianming Zhou, Xuedong Liu, Yuan Simon-Soro, Aurea |
Departamento | Universidad de Sevilla. Departamento de Estomatología |
Fecha de publicación | 2021 |
Fecha de depósito | 2023-02-09 |
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Resumen | The oral cavity, as the entry point to the body, may play a critical role in the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection that has caused a global outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Available data indicate ... The oral cavity, as the entry point to the body, may play a critical role in the pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 infection that has caused a global outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Available data indicate that the oral cavity may be an active site of infection and an important reservoir of SARS-CoV-2. Considering that the oral surfaces are colonized by a diverse microbial community, it is likely that viruses have interactions with the host microbiota. Patients infected by SARS-CoV-2 may have alterations in the oral and gut micro-biota, while oral species have been found in the lung of COVID-19 patients. Furthermore, interactions between the oral, lung, and gut microbiomes appear to occur dynamically whereby a dysbiotic oral microbial community could influence respiratory and gastrointest-inal diseases. However, it is unclear whether SARS-CoV-2 infection can alter the local home-ostasis of the resident microbiota, actively cause dysbiosis, or influence cross-body sites interactions. Here, we provide a conceptual framework on the potential impact of SARS- CoV-2 oral infection on the local and distant microbiomes across the respiratory and gastro-intestinal tracts (‘oral-tract axes’), which remains largely unexplored. Studies in this area could further elucidate the pathogenic mechanism of SARS-CoV-2 and the course of infection as well as the clinical symptoms of COVID-19 across different sites in the human host. |
Cita | Xiang, Z., Koo, H., Chen, Q., Zhou, X., Liu, Y. y Simón-Soro, A. (2021). Potential implications of SARS-CoV-2 oral infection in the host microbiota. Journal of Oral Microbiology, 13 (1), 1853451. https://doi.org/10.1080/20002297.2020.1853451. |
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