2016
Gut Microbiome and Infant Health: Brain-Gut-Microbiota Axis and Host Genetic Factors.
Cong X, Xu W, Romisher R, Poveda S, Forte S, Starkweather A, Henderson W. Gut Microbiome and Infant Health: Brain-Gut-Microbiota Axis and Host Genetic Factors. The Yale Journal Of Biology And Medicine 2016, 89: 299-308. PMID: 27698614, PMCID: PMC5045139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGut microbiomeNeonatal intensive care unitDysbiosis of gut microbiotaSignaling systemHost-microbial interactionsNeonatal gut microbiomeGut microbiotaEvolutionary trajectoriesHigh-risk preterm infantsHost geneticsDysbiosis patternsLong-term infant healthIntensive care unitMicrobiomePreterm infantsEarly life stressGeneticsHuman newbornsRegulation of healthCare unitNeurodevelopmental processesInfant healthHostMedication useDelivery mode
2015
Early Life Experience and Gut Microbiome
Cong X, Henderson W, Graf J, McGrath J. Early Life Experience and Gut Microbiome. Advances In Neonatal Care 2015, 15: 314-323. PMID: 26240939, PMCID: PMC4583334, DOI: 10.1097/anc.0000000000000191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGut microbiomeHigh-risk infantsStressful early life experiencesCentral nervous systemSignaling systemPreterm infantsIntestinal innate immunityPain responseBrain-gut-microbiota axisNeonatal careEarly life experiencesNeuroimmune systemMicrobial speciesNervous systemInnate immunityRegulation mechanismInfantsGutMicrobiomeTargeted interventionsRegulationModulating stressPretermState-of-the-science reviewComplex mechanisms