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
Ageing Lungs in European Cohorts (ALEC) Study (Vivi Schlünssen; member) (2018). A three-generation study on the association of tobacco smoking with asthma. International Journal of Epidemiology, 47(4), 1106-1117. https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy031
Lønnebotn, M., Svanes, C., Igland, J., Franklin, K. A., Accordini, S., Benediktsdóttir, B., Bentouhami, H., Blanco, J. A. G., Bono, R., Corsico, A., Demoly, P., Dharmage, S., Dorado Arenas, S., Garcia, J., Heinrich, J., Holm, M., Janson, C., Jarvis, D., Leynaert, B. ... Gómez Real, F. (2018). Body silhouettes as a tool to reflect obesity in the past. PLOS ONE, 13(4), Article e0195697. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195697
Janson, C., Johannessen, A., Franklin, K., Svanes, C., Schiöler, L., Malinovschi, A., Gislason, T., Benediktsdottir, B., Schlünssen, V., Jõgi, R., Jarvis, D. & Lindberg, E. (2018). Change in the prevalence asthma, rhinitis and respiratory symptom over a 20 year period: associations to year of birth, life style and sleep related symptoms. BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 18(1), 152. Article 152. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12890-018-0690-9
Svanes, Ø., Bertelsen, R. J., Lygre, S. H. L., Carsin, A. E., Antó, J. M., Forsberg, B., García-García, J. M., Gullón, J. A., Heinrich, J., Holm, M., Kogevinas, M., Urrutia, I., Leynaert, B., Moratalla, J. M., Le Moual, N., Lytras, T., Norbäck, D., Nowak, D., Olivieri, M. ... Svanes, C. (2018). Cleaning at Home and at Work in Relation to Lung Function Decline and Airway Obstruction. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 197(9), 1157-1163. https://doi.org/10.1164/rccm.201706-1311OC
Sejbaek, C. S., Bay, H., Larsen, A. D., Kristensen, P., Schlünssen, V., Andersen, A.-M. N., Bonde, J. P., Juhl, M. & Hougaard, K. S. (2018). Combined exposure to lifting and psychosocial strain at work and adverse pregnancy outcomes-A study in the Danish National Birth Cohort. PLOS ONE, 13(9), Article e0201842. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0201842
Traulsen, L. K., Halling, A., Bælum, J., Davidsen, J. R., Miller, M., Omland, Ø., Sherson, D., Sigsgaard, T., Thilsing, T., Thomsen, G. & Skadhauge, L. R. (2018). Determinants of persistent asthma in young adults. European Clinical Respiratory Journal, 5(1), Article 1478593. https://doi.org/10.1080/20018525.2018.1478593
Budnik, L. T., Adam, B., Albin, M., Banelli, B., Baur, X., Belpoggi, F., Bolognesi, C., Broberg, K., Gustavsson, P., Göen, T., Fischer, A., Jarosinska, D., Manservisi, F., O'Kennedy, R., Øvrevik, J., Paunovic, E., Ritz, B., Scheepers, P. T. J., Schlünssen, V. ... Casteleyn, L. (2018). Diagnosis, monitoring and prevention of exposure-related non-communicable diseases in the living and working environment: DiMoPEx-project is designed to determine the impacts of environmental exposure on human health. Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology (London), 13(6). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12995-018-0186-9
