«Mazmanian knew the results offered only a provisional explanation for why restrictive diets and antibacterial treatments seemed to help some children with autism:
Altering the microbial composition might be changing the permeability of the intestine.
Not exact matches
The eight - member team concluded «that inter-host dispersal can
alter the diversity and
composition of
microbial communities and overwhelm the effects of the host's innate immune system.»
Disruption of the circadian clock in the host
alters the rhythms and
composition of the
microbial community, leading to obesity and metabolic problems.
Mothers known as «non-secretors» have a non-functional fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) gene, which
alters the
composition of their breast milk sugars and changes how the
microbial community, or microbiota, of their infants» guts develop.
Still, he adds, «there's a lot more basic biology that will need to be worked out to fully appreciate the mechanisms that cause sweeteners to
alter gut
microbial community
composition and function, and how in turn this shapes host metabolism.»