In one of the largest longitudinal studies of the microbiome to date, researchers from the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), and the DIABIMMUNE Study Group have identified a connection
between changes in gut microbiota and the onset of type 1 diabetes (T1D).
Not exact matches
61 The distinction
between exclusive breastfeeding and partial breastfeeding
in the analyses of the association
between breastfeeding and the risk for childhood leukemia is essential given that the addition of infant formula, together with breast milk or instead of it,
changes the infant's
gut microbiota, affecting the immunology of the infant.62, 63 Thus, misclassification might weaken the association
between breastfeeding and lower risk for childhood leukemia.
«Taken together these experiments demonstrate a causal link
between alterations
in the
gut microbiota in response to
changes in the diet and increased acetate production,» said Shulman.
A few interesting articles
in early life human microbiome, plus: A comparison
between Staphylococcus epidermidis commensal and pathogenic lineages from the skin of healthy individuals living
in North American and India; A new tool to reconstruct microbial genome - scale metabolic models (GSMMs) from their genome sequence; The seasonal
changes in Amazon rainforest soil microbiome are associated with
changes in the canopy; A specific class of chemicals secreted by birds modulates their feather microbiome; chronic stress alters
gut microbiota and triggers a specific immune response
in a mouse model of colitis; and evidence that the short chain fatty acids profile
in the
gut reflects the impact of dietary fibre on the microbiome using the PolyFermS continuous intestinal fermentation model.