How nutrition and the maternal microbiota shape the neonatal immune system

Nature Reviews Immunology 17, 508 (2017). doi:10.1038/nri.2017.58 Authors: Andrew J. Macpherson, Mercedes Gomez de Agüero & Stephanie C. Ganal-Vonarburg The mucosal surfaces of mammals are densely colonized with microorganisms that are commonly referred to as the commensal microbiota. It is believed that the fetus in utero is sterile and that colonization with microorganisms starts only after birth. Nevertheless, the unborn fetus is exposed
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