About me
I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Biodiversity Interventions for Well-being (BIWE) project. I study how exposure to natural microbes affects health and the immune system. I am also the head of Tampere University Flow Cytometry Facility.
Selected publications
My publications at researchportal.tuni.fi
Latest publications
Biological aging of different blood cell types
Marttila, S., Rajić, S., Ciantar, J., Mak, J. K. L., Junttila, I. S., Kummola, L., Hägg, S., Raitoharju, E. & Kananen, L., 2025, In: GeroScience. 47, p. 1075-1092 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Effects of Bariatric Surgery-Related Weight Loss on the Characteristics, Metabolism, and Immunomodulation of Adipose Stromal/Stem Cells in a Follow-Up Study
Adnan, A., Juntunen, M., Tyrväinen, T., Kelloniemi, M., Kummola, L., Autio, R., Patrikoski, M. & Miettinen, S., 2025, In: Stem Cells International. 2025, 1, 18 p., 1212255.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Unsupervised clustering reveals noncanonical myeloid cell subsets in the brain tumor microenvironment
Hermelo, I., Virtanen, T., Salonen, I., Nätkin, R., Keitaanniemi, S., Tiihonen, A. M., Lehtipuro, S., Kummola, L., Raulamo, E., Nordfors, K., Haapasalo, H., Rauhala, M., Kesseli, J., Nykter, M., Haapasalo, J. & Rautajoki, K., 3 Jan 2025, In: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy. 74, 2, 63.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Skin exposure to soil microbiota elicits changes in cell-mediated immunity to pneumococcal vaccine
Roslund, M. I., Nurminen, N., Oikarinen, S., Puhakka, R., Grönroos, M., Puustinen, L., Kummola, L., Parajuli, A., Cinek, O., Laitinen, O. H., Hyöty, H. & Sinkkonen, A., Dec 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, 18573.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Urban indoor gardening enhances immune regulation and diversifies skin microbiota: A placebo-controlled double-blinded intervention study
Saarenpää, M., Roslund, M. I., Nurminen, N., Puhakka, R., Kummola, L., Laitinen, O. H., Hyöty, H. & Sinkkonen, A., May 2024, In: Environment International. 187, 108705.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Comparison of the effect of autoclaved and non-autoclaved live soil exposure on the mouse immune system: Effect of soil exposure on immune system
Kummola, L., González-Rodríguez, M. I., Marnila, P., Nurminen, N., Salomaa, T., Hiihtola, L., Mäkelä, I., Laitinen, O. H., Hyöty, H., Sinkkonen, A. & Junttila, I. S., 9 Sept 2023, In: Bmc Immunology. 24, 10 p., 29.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
IL-4, IL-13 and IFN-γ -induced genes in highly purified human neutrophils
Kummola, L., Salomaa, T., Ortutay, Z., Savan, R., Young, H. A. & Junttila, I. S., Apr 2023, In: CYTOKINE. 164, 11 p., 156159.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Immunomodulatory Functions of Adipose Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cell Derived from Donors with Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity on CD4 T cells
Mahmoud, M., Juntunen, M., Adnan, A., Kummola, L., Junttila, I. S., Kelloniemi, M., Tyrväinen, T., Huhtala, H., Abd El Fattah, A. I., Amr, K., El Erian, A. M., Patrikoski, M. & Miettinen, S., 2023, In: Stem Cells. 41, 5, p. 505-519 15 p., sxad021.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Low IL-13Rα1 expression on mast cells tunes them unresponsive to IL-13
Salomaa, T., Kummola, L., González-Rodríguez, M. I., Hiihtola, L., Järvinen, T. A. H. & Junttila, I. S., 27 Jul 2023, In: Journal of Leukocyte Biology. 114, 2, p. 187-194 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
TRPA1 Mediates Contact Hypersensitivity Induced by 2,4-Dinitrochlorobenzene
Mäki-Opas, I., Hämäläinen, M., Moilanen, L. J., Sood, H., Leppänen, T., Kummola, L., Junttila, I. S., Lehtimäki, L. & Moilanen, E., 2023, In: Journal of Investigative Dermatology. 143, 6, p. 1104-1108.e4Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › Scientific › peer-review