Biodiversity intervention enhances immune regulation and health-associated commensal microbiota among daycare children

• Main Authors: Roslund, Marja I., Puhakka, Riikka, Grönroos, Mira, Nurminen, Noora, Oikarinen, Sami, Ahmad Mahfuz, Gazali, Cinek, Ondřej, Kramná, Lenka, Siter, Nathan, Vari, Heli K., Soininen, Laura, Parajuli, Anirudra, Rajaniemi, Juho, Kinnunen, Tuure, Laitinen, Olli H., Hyöty, Heikki, Sinkkonen, Aki
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: AAAS 2020
• Subjects: RA Public aspects of medicine; RB Pathology; RJ Pediatrics; TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29638/1/eaba2578.full%20Dr.AMahfuz.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/29638/; https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/42/eaba2578; http:DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba2578

As the incidence of immune-mediated diseases has increased rapidly in developed societies, there is an unmet need for novel prophylactic practices to fight against these maladies. This study is the first human intervention trial in which urban environmental biodiversity was manipulated to examine it...