Candida albicans is a major fungal pathogen of humans. It exists as a commensal in the oral
cavity, gut or genital tract of most individuals, constrained by the local microbiota, epithelial …

The assembly of microbial communities within the gastrointestinal tract during early life plays
a critical role in immune, endocrine, metabolic, and other host developmental pathways …

Breastfeeding profoundly shapes the infant gut microbiota, which is critical for early life
immune development, and the gut microbiota can impact host physiology in various ways …

Probiotics are increasingly administered to premature infants to prevent necrotizing
enterocolitis and neonatal sepsis. However, their effects on gut microbiome assembly and …

Early life gut microbiota have been increasingly recognized as major contributors to short
and/or long-term human health and diseases. Numerous studies have demonstrated that …

The use of relative abundance data from next generation sequencing (NGS) can lead to
misinterpretations of microbial community structures, as the increase of one taxon leads to …

Modifications in the microbiota caused by environmental and genetic reasons can
unbalance the intestinal homeostasis, deregulating the host's metabolism and immune …

Background Infants born by caesarean section or receiving antibiotics are at increased risk
of developing metabolic, inflammatory and immunological diseases, potentially due to …

Early life, including the establishment of the intestinal microbiome, represents a critical
window of growth and development. Postnatal factors affecting the microbiome, including …

More than 10,000 preterm infants have participated in randomised controlled trials on
probiotics worldwide, suggesting that probiotics in general could reduce rates of necrotising …