The assembly of the newborn's gut microbiota during the first months of life is an
orchestrated process resulting in specialized microbial ecosystems in the different gut …

Human milk is considered the golden standard in infant nutrition. Free oligosaccharides in
human milk provide important health benefits. These oligosaccharides function as …

Undernutrition affects about one out of five children worldwide. It is associated with impaired
growth, neurodevelopment deficits, and increased infectious morbidity and mortality …

Gut microbiome composition depends heavily upon diet and has strong ties to human
health. Dietary carbohydrates shape the gut microbiome by providing a potent nutrient …

The benefits of human milk for both mother and infant are widely acknowledged. Human
milk could represent a link between maternal and offspring health. The triad mother-breast …

Glycosyltransferases (GTs) catalyze the transfer of active monosaccharide donors to
carbohydrates to create a wide range of oligosaccharide structures. GTs display strong …

Scope Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are complex glycans that are abundant in
human milk. The potential impact of a maternal diet on individual HMOs and the association …

Human milk (HM) is the gold standard for the nutrition of infants. An important component of
HM is human milk oligosaccharides (hMOs), which play an important role in gut microbiota …

Background The carbohydrate fraction of mammalian milk is constituted of lactose and
oligosaccharides, most of which contain a lactose unit at their reducing ends. Although …

While it is widely recognized that nutrition during pregnancy and lactation can affect the
microbiome of breast milk as well as the formation of the infant gut microbiome, we are only …