Immune-microbe interactions early in life: A determinant of health and disease long term

P Brodin - Science, 2022 - science.org
Research on newborn immunity has revealed the importance of cell ontogeny, feto-maternal
tolerance, and the transfer of maternal antibodies. Less is known about postnatal adaptation …

Modulation of immune responses to vaccination by the microbiota: implications and potential mechanisms

DJ Lynn, SC Benson, MA Lynn… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The need for highly effective vaccines that induce robust and long-lasting immunity has
never been more apparent. However, for reasons that are still poorly understood, immune …

[HTML][HTML] Gut microbiota composition is associated with SARS-CoV-2 vaccine immunogenicity and adverse events

SC Ng, Y Peng, L Zhang, CKP Mok, S Zhao, A Li… - Gut, 2022 - gut.bmj.com
Objective The gut microbiota plays a key role in modulating host immune response. We
conducted a prospective, observational study to examine gut microbiota composition in …

Control of immunity by the microbiota

E Ansaldo, TK Farley, Y Belkaid - Annual review of immunology, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The immune system has coevolved with extensive microbial communities living on barrier
sites that are collectively known as the microbiota. It is increasingly clear that microbial …

Indole-3-lactic acid associated with Bifidobacterium-dominated microbiota significantly decreases inflammation in intestinal epithelial cells

AM Ehrlich, AR Pacheco, BM Henrick, D Taft, G Xu… - BMC microbiology, 2020 - Springer
Background Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis (B. infantis) is a commensal bacterium
that colonizes the gastrointestinal tract of breast-fed infants. B. infantis can efficiently utilize …

Parenteral BCG vaccine induces lung-resident memory macrophages and trained immunity via the gut–lung axis

M Jeyanathan, M Vaseghi-Shanjani, S Afkhami… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Aside from centrally induced trained immunity in the bone marrow (BM) and peripheral
blood by parenteral vaccination or infection, evidence indicates that mucosal-resident innate …

Memory T cells: strategies for optimizing tumor immunotherapy

Q Liu, Z Sun, L Chen - Protein & cell, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Several studies have demonstrated that memory T cells including stem cell memory (Tscm)
T cells and central memory (Tcm) T cells show superior persistence and antitumor immunity …

[HTML][HTML] A distinct clade of Bifidobacterium longum in the gut of Bangladeshi children thrives during weaning

T Vatanen, QY Ang, L Siegwald, SA Sarker, CI Le Roy… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
The gut microbiome has an important role in infant health and development. We
characterized the fecal microbiome and metabolome of 222 young children in Dhaka …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of the microbiome on immunity to vaccination in humans

SE de Jong, A Olin, B Pulendran - Cell host & microbe, 2020 - cell.com
Vaccines are the most effective means available for preventing infectious diseases.
However, vaccine-induced immune responses are highly variable between individuals and …

Intestinal 'infant-type'bifidobacteria mediate immune system development in the first 1000 days of life

C Lin, Y Lin, H Zhang, G Wang, J Zhao, H Zhang… - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Immune system maturation begins early in life, but few studies have examined how early-life
gut microbiota colonization educates the neonatal immune system. Bifidobacteria …