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Malassezia and the Asian menopausal skin

Bala Davient, Jagpreet Kaur Rikhraj, Aarthi Ravikrishnan, Pritisha Rozario, Cheryl Leong, Ahmad Nazri Mohamed Naim, Nathania Chan, The HELIOS Study team, John Campbell Chambers, Marie Loh, Paul Elliott, Eng Sing Lee, Jimmy Lee, Joanne Yuen Yie Ngeow, Sabrina Wong, , Thomas Larry Dawson

This study investigates how menopause alters Malassezia fungal populations on skin and their impact on inflammation and skin health in Asian women.

npj Biofilms and Microbiomes · Aug 6, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Trans-eQTLs reveal the architecture of human gene regulatory networks

Robert Warmerdam, Harm-Jan Westra, Adriaan van der Graaf, Marc Jan Bonder, Patrick Deelen, Tijs van Lieshout, Anke Jannie Landman, Mihkel Jesse, Benjamin J. Strober, Toni A. Boltz, Sandra Lapinska, Sini Nagpal, Manke Xie, Darwin Tay, Holger Kirsten, , Habibul Ahsan

The paper maps cis- and trans-eQTLs in blood samples to infer gene regulatory networks and prioritize trait-relevant pathways.

medRxiv · Feb 5, 2026 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine

Large-scale skin metagenomics reveals extensive prevalence, coordination, and functional adaptation of skin microbiome dermotypes across body sites

Chengchen Li, Aarthi Ravikrishnan, Indrik Wijaya, Ahmad Nazri Mohamed Naim, Jean-Sébastien Gounot, Stephen Wearne, Yue Yuan On, Eliza Xin Pei Ho, Eileen Png, Junmei Samantha Kwah, Shree Harsha Vijaya Chandra, Qi Yan Ang, Minghao Chia, Ng Hui Qi Amanda, Srinivas Ramasamy, , Niranjan Nagarajan

The paper identifies prevalent skin microbiome configurations (dermotypes) across body sites and links them to host factors and disease risk.

bioRxiv · Apr 24, 2025 · PreprintGenomics