Microbiome – the Environmental Perspective
In the research group “Microbiome – the Environmental Perspective”, we investigate how the environment affects the human microbiome and subsequently human health. The human microbiome is affected by our surrounding environment, both indoors and outdoors.
Our interest in the microbiome stems from our elaborate research on farming exposures and the beneficial effects on the human immune system. Our environment, such as the farming environment, has a direct impact on the constitution on our microbiome. The human microbiome affects human health directly and indirectly, and we aim to add to the scientific knowledge of this link.
Research areas
Our research includes the following fields of study:
- The domestic indoor microbiome
- Urban rural microbiome differences
- The adult human microbiome
- The infant human microbiome
Recent publications
Le Moual, N., Zock, J.-P., Dumas, O., Lytras, T., Andersson, E., Lillienberg, L., Schlünssen, V., Benke, G. & Kromhout, H. (2018). Update of an occupational asthma-specific job exposure matrix to assess exposure to 30 specific agents. Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 75(7), 507-514. https://doi.org/10.1136/oemed-2017-104866
Mandrioli, D., Schlünssen, V., Ádám, B., Cohen, R. A., Colosio, C., Chen, W., Fischer, A., Godderis, L., Göen, T., Ivanov, I. D., Leppink, N., Mandic-Rajcevic, S., Masci, F., Nemery, B., Pega, F., Prüss-Üstün, A., Sgargi, D., Ujita, Y., van der Mierden, S. ... Scheepers, P. T. J. (2018). WHO/ILO work-related burden of disease and injury: Protocol for systematic reviews of occupational exposure to dusts and/or fibres and of the effect of occupational exposure to dusts and/or fibres on pneumoconiosis. Environment International, 119, 174-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.06.005
Schlünssen, V., Sigsgaard, T., Raulf-Heimsoth, M. & Kespohl, S. (2018). Workplace exposure to wood dust and the prevalence of wood-specific sensitization. Allergologie select, 2(1), 101-110. https://doi.org/10.5414/ALX01503E
Jõgi, N. O., Svanes, C., Siiak, S. P., Logan, E., Holloway, J. W., Igland, J., Johannessen, A., Levin, M., Real, F. G., Schlunssen, V., Horsnell, W. G. C. & Bertelsen, R. J. (2018). Zoonotic helminth exposure and risk of allergic diseases: A study of two generations in Norway. Clinical and Experimental Allergy, 48(1), 66-77. https://doi.org/10.1111/cea.13055
Olsen, Y., Gosewinkel, U. B., Skjøth, C. A., Hertel, O., Rasmussen, K. & Sigsgaard, T. (2017). Airborne Alternaria Spp. In Viborg and Copenhagen 2012-2015 Denmark. Poster session presented at International Congress of Health and Environment, Adana, Turkey.
Thurston, G. D., Kipen, H., Annesi-Maesano, I., Balmes, J., Brook, R. D., Cromar, K., De Matteis, S., Forastiere, F., Forsberg, B., Frampton, M. W., Grigg, J., Heederik, D., Kelly, F. J., Kuenzli, N., Laumbach, R., Peters, A., Rajagopalan, S. T., Rich, D., Ritz, B. ... Brunekreef, B. (2017). A joint ERS/ATS policy statement: what constitutes an adverse health effect of air pollution? An analytical framework. European Respiratory Journal, 49(1), Article 1600419. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.00419-2016
Pfaar, O., Calderon, M. A., Andrews, C. P., Angjeli, E., Bergmann, K. C., Bønløkke, J. H., de Blay, F., Devillier, P., Ellis, A. K., Gerth van Wijk, R., Hohlfeld, J., Horak, F., Jutel, M., Jacobs, R. L., Jacobsen, L., Kaul, S., Larché, M., Larenas-Linnemann, D., Mösges, R. ... Demoly, P. (2017). Allergen Exposure Chambers: harmonizing current concepts and projecting the needs for the future - an EAACI Position Paper. Allergy: European Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 72(7), 1035-1042. https://doi.org/10.1111/all.13133
