mBio (Feb 2021)

An Antibiotic-Impacted Microbiota Compromises the Development of Colonic Regulatory T Cells and Predisposes to Dysregulated Immune Responses

  • Xiaozhou Zhang,
  • Timothy C. Borbet,
  • Angela Fallegger,
  • Matthew F. Wipperman,
  • Martin J. Blaser,
  • Anne Müller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mBio.03335-20
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1

Abstract

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The assembly of microbial communities that populate all mucosal surfaces of the human body begins right after birth. This process is prone to disruption as newborns and young infants are increasingly exposed to antibiotics, both deliberately for therapeutic purposes, and as a consequence of transmaternal exposure.