2023
The Impact of Early Life Experiences and Gut Microbiota on Neurobehavioral Development in Preterm Infants: A Longitudinal Cohort Study
Chen J, Li H, Zhao T, Chen K, Chen M, Sun Z, Xu W, Maas K, Lester B, Cong X. The Impact of Early Life Experiences and Gut Microbiota on Neurobehavioral Development in Preterm Infants: A Longitudinal Cohort Study. Microorganisms 2023, 11: 814. PMID: 36985387, PMCID: PMC10056840, DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms11030814.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeonatal intensive care unitNeonatal neurobehavioral scaleNeonatal intensive care unit hospitalizationOperational taxonomic unitsPreterm infantsPost-menstrual ageNeurobehavioral developmentGut microbiotaNeonatal intensive care unit admissionWeeks of post-menstrual ageFifty-five infantsDaily stool samplesIntensive care unitLongitudinal cohort studyImpact of early life experiencesNeurobehavioral ScalePretermPostnatal dayClinical featuresCohort studyEarly life experiencesStool samplesCare unitNeurobehavioral outcomesInfants
2016
Gut Microbiome Developmental Patterns in Early Life of Preterm Infants: Impacts of Feeding and Gender
Cong X, Xu W, Janton S, Henderson W, Matson A, McGrath J, Maas K, Graf J. Gut Microbiome Developmental Patterns in Early Life of Preterm Infants: Impacts of Feeding and Gender. PLOS ONE 2016, 11: e0152751. PMID: 27111847, PMCID: PMC4844123, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152751.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOperational taxonomic unitsGut microbiomeA-diversityGut microbiotaNeonatal intensive care unitPreterm infantsPatterns of gut microbiomeDiversity of gut microbiomeRRNA gene regionInfant gut microbiomeFeeding typeAbundance of EnterobacterialesGut microbiome patternsTaxonomic unitsAbundant phylumGene regionTotal readsAlpha diversityQIIME softwareV4 regionBacterial compositionDevelopmental patternsEarly lifeInfant's postnatal ageMicrobiome patterns