Maternal Microbiome and Metabolic Health Program Microbiome Development and Health of the Offspring.

Maternal Microbiome and Metabolic Health Program Microbiome Development and Health of the Offspring.
Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2019 Sep 04;:
Authors: Calatayud M, Koren O, Collado MC
Abstract
Maternal nutritional, metabolic, and physiological states, as well as exposure to various environmental factors during conception, gestation, and lactation, have a fundamental role in the health programming of the offspring. Therefore, alterations affecting the maternal microbiota might indirectly influence fetal development. In addition, such alterations could be transmitted to the progeny at different stages of infant development (e.g., preconception, prenatal, or postnatal), thereby favoring the development of an altered microbiota in the neonate. Microbial changes of this kind have been linked to an increased risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including obesity and metabolic syndrome, allergy-related problems, and diabetes. In this review, we summarize the relevance of the maternal microbiota to fetal-neonatal health programming, with a focus on maternal nutritional and metabolic states.
PMID: 31493988 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism: TEM - September 3, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Calatayud M, Koren O, Collado MC Tags: Trends Endocrinol Metab Source Type: research