The microbiome during pregnancy and early postnatal life

Seminars in Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 373-379

  Neu, Josef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetus; Metabolome; Microbiome; Mode of delivery; Neonate; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; FIBRONECTIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; LIPOCALIN 1; NICOTINAMIDE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; PLACENTA PROTEIN 14; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AMNION FLUID; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CESAREAN SECTION; DYSBIOSIS; EPIGENETICS; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; MECONIUM; METABOLOMICS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOME; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; VAGINA FLORA; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NEWBORN;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICROBIOTA; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84973541975     PISSN: 1744165X     EISSN: 18780946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.siny.2016.05.001     Document Type: Review

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