Factors influencing microbiota development and maturation of the immune system early in life
Birth represents the biggest substantial environmental change in life as the newborn is exposed for the fir...
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Feeding practices from birth to 12 months: impact on the gut microbiota and the risk of being overweight
Commented articles - Children's section By Pr. Emmanuel Mas Gastroenterology and Nutrition Department, Chi...
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Preventing the risk of graft rejection
The newly-acquired knowledge on the microbiota-immunity interaction opened up possibilities for new therape...
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The microbiota plays a part in the resistance against respiratory infections, but the mechanism is still po...
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A reevaluation of antibiotic prophylaxis in hematopoietic stem cell transplants would be welcome as this tr...
Find out moreA bacterial dysbiosis characteristic of IBD
Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are characterized by an inflammation of the gastrointestinal wall that ma...
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In addition to bacteria, the gut microbiota is also composed of viruses. Although studies focusing on virus...
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Since gut dysbiosis seems to be associated to IBD, microbiota modulation could be a new avenue for relevant...
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Treatment with strains of living beneficial bacteria was long considered the safest and most sustainable ap...
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The FGIDs encountered in adults are functional diarrhea, functional bloating, and especially IBS and functi...
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