Environmental biodiversity, human microbiota, and allergy are interrelated

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 8334-8339

  Hanski, Ilkka ^a   Von Hertzen, Leena ^b   Fyhrquist, Nanna ^c   Koskinen, Kaisa ^d   Torppa, Kaisa ^a   Laatikainen, Tiina ^e   Karisola, Piia ^c   Auvinen, Petri ^d   Paulin, Lars ^d   Mäkelä, Mika J ^b   Vartiainen, Erkki ^e   Kosunen, Timo U ^f   Alenius, Harri ^c   Haahtela, Tari ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity benefits; Civilization diseases; Hygiene hypothesis; Microbial deprivation

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 10; MESSENGER RNA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACTINOBACTERIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALLERGY; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACILLUS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIODIVERSITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EFFECTOR CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IN VITRO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LAND USE; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROFLORA; MONOCYTE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SKIN FLORA;

ACINETOBACTER; ADOLESCENT; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACILLUS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; CIVILIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FINLAND; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HUMANS; HYGIENE HYPOTHESIS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; METAGENOME; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SKIN;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84861442542     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1205624109     Document Type: Article

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