Sentences with phrase «of microbial exposure»

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The intestinal microbiota represents the greatest human microbial exposure, and the acquisition of early intestinal microbiota is the neonate's first major microbial challenge.

It is thought that the initial microbial exposure is important in defining the successional trajectories leading to more complex and stable adult ecosystems (10, 22), and additionally, initial communities may serve as a direct source of protective or pathogenic bacteria very early in life.

It is providing a foundation for better, longer - term identification techniques that account for exposure of oil to wind, waves, sunlight, and microbial degradation over long times,» added Aeppli.

Our data suggest that exposure to STAT6 - IP has the potential to modulate long - term responses to allergens and microbial antigens implicated in the development of asthma,» said Brian J. Ward, M.D., a researcher involved in the work and associate professor from McGill University Health Centre, Research Institute in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

The scientists worked with model bacteria that are representative of the sort of microbial lifeforms that might be expected to have emerged on Mars and used a Raman spectrometer to track how the detectable signal from them changed with increasing exposure to radiation.

Their microbial exposures varied and gene expression patterns varied, but the parts of the genome that were open at each location in the gut remained consistent, Crawford said.

The projects aims to give us further knowledge in areas as diverse as coral reefs ecosystem, the dietary composition in wildlife and domestic animals over the last 50 000 years, the effects of antibiotic exposure on microbial ecosystems, and changes in biodiversity that might have an effect on or are affected by climate change.

Consistent with the «hygiene hypothesis,» which holds that increased microbial exposure in the first years of life is protective for asthma, the team's findings also indicate that the presence of house dust components that stimulate the innate immune system decreases asthma risk.

This work consisted of lab - based experiments, studying the synergistic effect of mixed bacterial infections on model invertebrate hosts, and provided my first real exposure to the microbial world.

In T1D, exposure to certain microbial species found in the gut may trigger an autoimmune response to the insulin - producing cells of the pancreas in susceptible individuals.

Living in a household that hand - washes means family members are eating off of plates and cutlery that have more bacteria, and therefore more microbial exposure.

-- Overuse of antibiotics, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), and proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), as well as altered microbial exposure All of the above drugs have a therapeutic role in certain conditions and diseases.

I'd start by considering the following based on the patient's history and symptoms: toxic metal exposure — e.g.: lead, mercury, aluminum, etc.; synthetic chemicals of any sort; and microbial imbalances.

The paper, which appears in the August issue of the US - based journal, Pediatrics, suggests childhood exposure to microbial organisms via thumb - sucking and nail - biting could reduce the risk of developing allergies.

«The remarkable changes in home microbial content across differing levels of urbanization raise the possibility that the reduced microbial exposure to environmental bacteria seen in modern homes contributes to immune and metabolic disorders, from asthma to obesity, which have become the new disease paradigm in the industrialized world,» adds Dominguez - Bello, an associate professor in the Department of Medicine at NYU Langone.