Decreased gut microbiota diversity, delayed Bacteroidetes colonisation and reduced Th1 responses in infants delivered by Caesarean section

Gut

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 559-566

  Jakobsson, Hedvig E ^a,b   Abrahamsson, Thomas R ^c   Jenmalm, Maria C ^c   Harris, Keith ^d   Quince, Christopher ^d   Jernberg, Cecilia ^a   Björkstén, Bengt ^b,e   Engstrand, Lars ^b   Andersson, Anders F ^f  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CXCL11 CHEMOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTEROIDETES; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFANT; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; RRNA GENE; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VENOUS BLOOD;

CHEMOKINES; INFANT GUT; INTESTINAL BACTERIA; INTESTINAL MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; BACTEROIDETES; CESAREAN SECTION; CHEMOKINE CXCL10; CHEMOKINE CXCL11; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTESTINES; MALE; MICROBIOTA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 84890461111     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: 14683288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303249     Document Type: Article

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