Diverse microbial exposure exacerbates the development of allergic airway inflammation in adult mice
J Immunol. 2026 Feb 9;215(2):vkaf331. doi: 10.1093/jimmun/vkaf331. ABSTRACT Exposure to a diversity of microbes has been implicated in playing a major role in susceptibility to the development of allergic lung-type diseases. The hygiene hypothesis suggests that those exposed to a broad diversity of microbes are more likely to be protected against developing allergic-type diseases. However, … Read more