Indoor green wall affects health-associated commensal skin microbiota and enhances immune regulation: a randomized trial among urban office workers

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 6518 - 9
• Main Authors: Soininen, L., Roslund, M. I., Nurminen, N., Puhakka, R., Laitinen, O. H., Hyöty, H., Sinkkonen, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 20.04.2022; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/158/670; 704/158/855; Abundance; Bacteria; Blood; Cytokines; Gammaproteobacteria; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Immune response; Immunomodulation; Immunoregulation; Inflammation; Lactobacillus; Microbiomes; Microbiota; multidisciplinary; Proteobacteria; Relative abundance; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Skin; Transforming growth factor-b1; Urbanization

Urbanization reduces microbiological abundance and diversity, which has been associated with immune mediated diseases. Urban greening may be used as a prophylactic method to restore microbiological diversity in cities and among urbanites. This study evaluated the impact of air-circulating green wall...