ArticleScientific reports2021
Impact of synbiotics on gut microbiota during early life: a randomized, double-blind study.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.
- Infant gut microbiota following cesarean section in the Middle East: a multidisciplinary expert consensus based on a targeted narrative review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Pooled it
- Probiotics in Term Infants: Clinical Impact of Infant-Type Bifidobacteria: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses.The Journal of nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Impact of probiotic on anxiety and depression symptoms in pregnant and lactating women and microbiota of infants: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of global health · 2023Pooled it
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- Amino Acid Formula Containing Synbiotics in Infants with Cow's Milk Protein Allergy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2021Pooled it
- Restoration of gut microbiota with a specific synbiotic-containing infant formula in healthy Chinese infants born by cesarean section.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2025Trial
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- Early-Life Compound Probiotic Intervention Programs Intestinal Barrier Maturation Through Indole-3-Lactic Acid in a Porcine Model.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Gastrointestinal consequences of cesarean section birth: A systematic review of short- and long-term effects in infancy and beyond.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2026Article
- Early-Life Gut Microbiota: Education of the Immune System and Links to Autoimmune Diseases.Microorganisms · 2026Review
- Programming the Infant Gut: How Maternal and Early Life Nutrition Shape the Infant Microbiome and Long-term Health-A Narrative Review.Molecular nutrition & food research · 2026Review
- The gut reservoir of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales: from dysbiosis and colonization to infection and decolonization, with a focus on patients with hematologic malignancies - a narrative review.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Review
- Probiotics and Synbiotics: Applications, Benefits, and Mechanisms for the Improvement of Human and Ecological Health.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2025Review
- Effects of a specific synbiotic blend on fecal short-chain fatty acids and gut inflammation in cow's milk-allergic children receiving amino acid-based formula during early life: results of a randomized controlled trial (PRESTO study).Frontiers in allergy · 2025Article
- The early-life gut microbiome in common pediatric diseases: roles and therapeutic implications.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
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- Diagnosing and engineering gut microbiomes.EMBO molecular medicine · 2024Review
- Tailored recommendations for infant milk formula intake results in more accurate feeding.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- Microbes as medicine.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2024Review
- Bifidobacterium breve M-16 V and scGOS/lcFOS Supplementation to Dams Ameliorates Infant Rotavirus Infection in Early Life.Molecular nutrition & food research · 2024Article
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Abstract
Human milk is considered the optimal nutrition for infants and found to contain significant numbers of viable bacteria. The aim of the study was to assess the effects of a specific synbiotic combination at doses closer to the bacterial cells present in human milk, on intestinal bifidobacteria proportions (relative abundance), reduction of potential pathogens and gut physiological conditions. A clinical study was conducted in 290 healthy infants aged from 6 to 19 weeks. Infants received either a control infant formula or one of the two investigational infant formulas (control formula with 0.8 g/100 ml scGOS/lcFOS and Bifidobacterium breve M-16V at either 1 × 10
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