Early life: Gut microbiota and immune development in infancy

Beneficial Microbes

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 367-382

  Martin, R ^a   Nauta, A J ^a   Ben Amor, K ^a   Knippels, L M J ^a,b   Knol, J ^a   Garssen, J ^a,b  

^a DANONE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Host microbe balance interaction; Immune system; Prebiotics; Probiotics; Synbiotics

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFANT; METAGENOME;

EID: 84866066519     PISSN: 18762883     EISSN: 18762891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/BM2010.0027     Document Type: Article

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