Tummy Time: The Infant Microbiota-IgA Connection

Tyler A Rice; Noah W Palm

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2016.06.014

Tummy Time: The Infant Microbiota-IgA Connection

Cell Host Microbe. 2016 Jul 13;20(1):6-8. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.06.014.

Authors

Tyler A Rice¹, Noah W Palm²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA.
² Department of Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 06520, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 27414495
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2016.06.014

Abstract

Dirty diapers do not often come to mind when thinking about cutting-edge biomedical research. However, in a recent Nature paper, Planer et al. (2016) report results from a longitudinal study examining gut microbiota maturation and corresponding intestinal immune responses in healthy twin pairs over the first 3 years of life.

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MeSH terms

Gastrointestinal Microbiome
Humans
Immunoglobulin A / immunology
Infant
Intestines / immunology
Longitudinal Studies*
Microbiota / immunology*

Substances

Immunoglobulin A