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Fig. 6

From: Changes of the human skin microbiota upon chronic exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants

Fig. 6

Schematic diagram showing potential roles of PAH exposure on skin microbiota and skin phenotype. a Exposure of PAHs from environmental and anthropogenic sources. b PAH exposure levels are associated with changes in abundances of skin colonizers, which may change their protective abilities against potential skin pathogens, as well as host DNA damage. c PAHs can also affect the levels of oral species, which may play roles in altered skin phenotypes including wrinkle formation and psoriasis. d Changes in PAH levels are also associated with changes in abundances of functional genes of the microbiota, which may render the skin prone to changes in epidermal physiology and its ability to degrade pollutants

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Microbiome

ISSN: 2049-2618

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