Early-life interactions between the microbiota and immune system: impact on immune system development and atopic disease

K Donald, BB Finlay - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
Prenatal and early postnatal life represent key periods of immune system development. In
addition to genetics and host biology, environment has a large and irreversible role in the …

Immune-microbe interactions early in life: A determinant of health and disease long term

P Brodin - Science, 2022 - science.org
Research on newborn immunity has revealed the importance of cell ontogeny, feto-maternal
tolerance, and the transfer of maternal antibodies. Less is known about postnatal adaptation …

Multi-omics analyses of airway host–microbe interactions in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify potential therapeutic interventions

Z Yan, B Chen, Y Yang, X Yi, M Wei… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The mechanistic role of the airway microbiome in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
(COPD) remains largely unexplored. We present a landscape of airway microbe–host …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiome-based interventions to modulate gut ecology and the immune system

TCA Hitch, LJ Hall, SK Walsh, GE Leventhal, E Slack… - Mucosal …, 2022 - Elsevier
The gut microbiome lies at the intersection between the environment and the host, with the
ability to modify host responses to disease-relevant exposures and stimuli. This is evident in …

Postbiotics as the new frontier in food and pharmaceutical research

S Sabahi, A Homayouni Rad… - Critical reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Food is the essential need of human life and has nutrients that support growth and health.
Gastrointestinal tract microbiota involves valuable microorganisms that develop therapeutic …

[HTML][HTML] An early-life microbiota metabolite protects against obesity by regulating intestinal lipid metabolism

CD Shelton, E Sing, J Mo, NG Shealy, W Yoo… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2023 - cell.com
The mechanisms by which the early-life microbiota protects against environmental factors
that promote childhood obesity remain largely unknown. Using a mouse model in which …

Priority effects shape the structure of infant-type Bifidobacterium communities on human milk oligosaccharides

MN Ojima, L Jiang, AA Arzamasov, K Yoshida… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Bifidobacteria are among the first colonizers of the infant gut, and human milk
oligosaccharides (HMOs) in breastmilk are instrumental for the formation of a bifidobacteria …

Implications of the changing epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease in a changing world

M Agrawal, T Jess - United European gastroenterology journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has undergone considerable shifts
since its emergence in the Western world over a century ago, especially in the last few …

[HTML][HTML] A distinct clade of Bifidobacterium longum in the gut of Bangladeshi children thrives during weaning

T Vatanen, QY Ang, L Siegwald, SA Sarker, CI Le Roy… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The gut microbiome has an important role in infant health and development. We
characterized the fecal microbiome and metabolome of 222 young children in Dhaka …

[HTML][HTML] The developing infant gut microbiome: a strain-level view

H Enav, F Bäckhed, RE Ley - Cell Host & Microbe, 2022 - cell.com
At birth, neonates provide a vast habitat awaiting microbial colonization. Microbiome
assembly is a complex process involving microbial seeding and succession driven by …