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 …

Human milk is the best food for newborn nutrition. There is no ideal composition of human
milk and also no easy way to control the complexity of its nutritional quality and the quantity …

The human microbiome functions as an intricate and coordinated microbial network,
residing throughout the mucosal surfaces of the skin, oral cavity, gastrointestinal tract …

Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) may provide health benefits to infants partly by
shaping the development of the early-life intestinal microbiota. In a randomized double …

Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious consequence of preterm birth and is often
associated with gut bacterial microbiome alterations. However, little is known about the …

The nutritional requirements of preterm infants are unique and challenging to meet in
neonatal care, yet crucial for their growth, development and health. Normally, the gut …

Candida albicans is an opportunistic fungal organism frequently detected in the oral cavity of
children with severe early childhood caries (S-ECC). Previous studies suggested the …

In recent years, an aberrant gastrointestinal colonization has been found to be associated
with an higher risk for postnatal sepsis, necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and growth …

Perinatal factors impact gut microbiota development in early life, however, little is known on
the effects of these factors on microbes in later life. Here we sequence DNA from faecal …

Gut microbiome maturation in infants born prematurely is uniquely influenced by the
physiological, clinical, and environmental factors surrounding preterm birth and early life …