Secretor Status Is Strongly Associated with Microbial Alterations Observed during Pregnancy.

During pregnancy there are significant changes in gut microbiota composition and activity. The impact of secretor status as determined by genotyping FUT2 (fucosyltransferase 2) gene was taken as one of the confounding factors associated with faecal microbiota changes during pregnancy. In this prospe...

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Main Authors: Himanshu Kumar, Pirjo Wacklin, Massalin Nakphaichit, Eliisa Loyttyniemi, Somak Chowdhury, Yogesh Shouche, Jaana Mättö, Erika Isolauri, Seppo Salminen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4521695?pdf=render