Patterns of early-life gut microbial colonization during human immune development: An ecological perspective

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue JUL, 2017, Pages

  Laforest Lapointe, Isabelle ^a,b   Arrieta, Marie Claire ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diversity; Early life events; Immune development; Keystone taxa; Microbial ecology; Microbiome

Indexed keywords

AGING; ALLERGY; ASTHMA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTESTINE FLORA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PHYLOGENY; REVIEW;

EID: 85022175778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00788     Document Type: Review

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