The Infant Gut Microbiota and Risk of Asthma: Maternal Nutrition during Pregnancy and Lactation

What is it about?

The aim of this review is summarizing the current knowledge regarding the effect of maternal nutrition during pregnancy and lactation on the infant gut microbiota composition, and whether it has implications for asthma development

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Why is it important?

The maternal gut microbiota promotes the microbiota colonization of the infant gut throughout pregnancy and later in life. Therefore, it is likely that maternal gut microbiota during both pregnancy and lactation influences the infant gut microbiota via maternal nutrition.