The infant microbiome development: Mom matters
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The infant microbiome plays an essential role in human health and its assembly is determined by maternal-offspring exchanges of microbiota. This process is affected by several practices, including Cesarean section (C-section), perinatal antibiotics, and formula feeding, that have been linked to increased risks of metabolic and immune diseases. Here we review recent knowledge about the impacts on infant microbiome assembly, discuss preventive and restorative strategies to ameliorate the effects of these impacts, and highlight where research is needed to advance this field and improve the health of future generations.
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In humans, skin microbiota is acquired at birth because the skin is sterile in utero; colonization occurs minutes after birth by the mother's commensal microorganisms, and this neonatal process is crucial to establish immune tolerance towards them.
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“…was a non-pathogenic strain [118], and although the species is abundantly present in most newborns and around 1% in 90% of healthy adults [119, 120], most of what we know about this species comes from studies performed on pathogenic strains, and little is known about which biotic and abiotic…”
- Authors
- Mueller, N. T., Bakacs, E., Combellick, J., Grigoryan, Z., & Dominguez-Bello, M. G.
- Affiliations
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- New York University (US)
- Venue
- Trends in Molecular Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2015-02
- Volume
- 21
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 109-117
- ISSN
- 1471-4914 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4464665
- OpenAlex
- W2143197985
- Cited by
- 943
- References
- 13
- Citations by year
- 2026: 33 · 2025: 46 · 2024: 73 · 2023: 113 · 2022: 97 · 2021: 105 · 2020: 95 · 2019: 117 · 2018: 102 · 2017: 81 · 2016: 57 · 2015: 23
- FWCI
- 5.05
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Trends in Molecular Medicine (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (T32DK091227)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
- Health Sciences › Nursing › Nutrition and Dietetics › Infant Nutrition and Health
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Pharmacy › Infant Health and Development
- Keywords
- infant microbiome, microbiota assembly, cesarean section, bottle feeding, metabolic disorders, immune disorders, preventive strategies
- MeSH terms
- Female, Humans, Infant, Infant Welfare, Male, Mothers, Pregnancy, Gastrointestinal Tract, Microbiota
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