House dust microbiota and atopic dermatitis; effect of urbanization.
Mahboobeh MahdaviniaLeah R GreenfieldDonyea MooreMaresa BothaPhillip EngenClaudia L GrayNonhlanhla LunjaniCarol HlelaWisdom BaseraLelani HobaneAlexandra WatkinsAvumile MankahlaBen GauntHeidi Facey-ThomasAlan LandayAli KeshavarzianMichael Eliad LevinPublished in: Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (2021)
House dust composition may be an important risk factor for the development of atopic disease, and this association may be driven in part by the gut microbiome. Low levels of the Ruminococcaceae family from Clostridia class in particular may explain the association between urban living and atopy. However, further research is needed to elucidate these links.