
The Human Microbiome in Early Life
Implications to Health and Disease
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Description
Key Features
- Examines the timeline of the human microbiome, from before conception to infancy, with an emphasis on clinical implications
- Evaluates the effort to understand not only the composition but also the origin of the microbiome
- Proves the emerging means to modify the human microbiome and particularly ‘the first 1000 days of life’ improve human health and prevent disease
- Generates resources to facilitate characterization of the human microbiota to further our understanding of how the microbiome impacts human health and disease
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Table of Contents
I. PREGNANCY AND FETAL LIFE
1. The microbiome in a healthy pregnancy
2. The microbiome and pregnancy complications
3. Microbial signatures of preterm birth
4. Prenatal origins of the infant gut microbiomeII. BIRTH - ENTERING THE WORLD DOMINATED BY MICROBES
5. Mode of delivery, the infant microbiome, and the risk of disease
6. Early-life antibiotic exposure, the gut microbiome, and disease in later life
7. The intestinal microbiome of preterm infantsIII. INFANCY - ESTABLISHMENT OF THE MICROBIOME AND HEALTHY DEVELOPMENT
8. The compositional development of the microbiome in early life
9. Microbes, human milk, and prebiotics
10. The early gut microbiome and the risk of chronic diseaseIV. MODIFYING EARLY MICROBIAL CONTACT
11. Postbiotics: defining the impact of inactivated microbes and their metabolites on promotion of health
12. Modification of the gut microbiome in an attempt to reduce the risk of child disease: clinical data from prenatal interventions
13. Clinical data from postnatal interventions
Product details
- No. of pages: 326
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2020
- Published: September 18, 2020
- Imprint: Academic Press
- eBook ISBN: 9780128180983
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128180976
About the Editors
Omry Koren
Affiliations and Expertise
Samuli Rautava
Affiliations and Expertise
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