Associations of birth mode with cord blood cytokines, white blood cells, and newborn intestinal bifidobacteria.

The associations of Cesarean delivery with offspring metabolic and immune-mediated diseases are believed to derive from lack of mother-to-newborn transmission of specific microbes at birth. Bifidobacterium spp., in particular, has been hypothesized to play a health-promoting role, yet little is know...

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Main Authors: Isabel Cristina Ribas Werlang, Noel Theodore Mueller, Aline Pizoni, Henrique Wisintainer, Ursula Matte, Sergio Hofmeister de Almeida Martins Costa, Jose Geraldo Lopes Ramos, Marcelo Zubaran Goldani, Maria Gloria Dominguez-Bello, Helena Ayako Sueno Goldani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6214518?pdf=render