Asthma is a common chronic respiratory disease affecting more than 300 million people
worldwide. Clinical features of asthma and its immunological and molecular etiology vary …

Worldwide 300 million children and adults are affected by asthma. The development of
asthma is influenced by environmental and other exogenous factors synergizing with …

The intestinal tract is the largest digestive organ in the human body. It is colonized by, and
consistently exposed to, a myriad of microorganisms, including bifidobacteria, lactobacillus …

Environmental exposures during pregnancy that alter both the maternal gut microbiome and
the infant's risk of allergic disease and asthma include a traditional farm environment and …

Objectives The intestinal microbiota develops in early infancy and is essential for health
status early and later in life. In this review we focus on the effect of prenatal and intrapartum …

Microbiota from various maternal sites, including the gut, vagina and breast milk, are known
to influence colonization in infants. However, emerging evidence suggests that these sites …

All body surfaces are exposed to a wide variety of microbes, which significantly influence
immune reactivity within the host. This review provides an update on some of the critical …

Antibiotic use during pregnancy may increase the risk for asthma in children. We performed
a meta‐analysis assessing prenatal antibiotic exposure and the risk for childhood wheeze or …

Background The use of antibiotics during pregnancy is associated with increased allergic
asthma risk in the offspring, and given that approximately 25% of pregnant women are …

Introduction: The use of antibiotics prenatally, during pregnancy, or neonatally may have
adverse effects on the neonatal gut microbiome, and adversely affect the development of the …