ArticleBiology letters2021
Gut microbiome and telomere length in gull hatchlings.
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- Age-related changes in the gut microbiota of a long-lived seabird suggest divergence from mammalian models.Royal Society open science · 2026Article
- The ageing holobiont: crosstalk between telomere dynamics, oxidative stress and the gut microbiome.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026Review
- Ectoparasitism and the gut microbiota: a cross-fostering experiment in a wild passerine.FEMS microbiology ecology · 2026Article
- A telomere-associated molecular landscape reveals immunological, microbial, and therapeutic heterogeneity in colorectal cancer.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2025Article
- Gut microbiota dynamics and their impact on body condition in nestlings of the yellow-rumped flycatchers,Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Microbiomes in Birds: A Review of Links to Health and Reproduction.Reproduction & fertility · 2024Article
- Integrated multi-omics approach reveals novel associations in the rapeseed diet-microbiota-host axis in pigs.ISME communications · 2024Article
- The Emerging Role of the Aging Process and Exercise Training on the Crosstalk between Gut Microbiota and Telomere Length.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- Gut microbiome and telomere length in gull hatchlings.Biology letters · 2021Article
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Abstract
In many animals, recent evidence indicates that the gut microbiome may be acquired during early development, with possible consequences on newborns' health. Thus, it has been hypothesized that a healthy microbiome protects telomeres and genomic integrity against cellular stress. However, the link between the early acquired microbiome and telomere dynamics has not hitherto been investigated. In birds, this link may also be potentially modulated by the transfer of maternal glucocorticoids, since these substances dysregulate microbiome composition during postnatal development. Here, we examined the effect of the interplay between the microbiome and stress hormones on the telomere length of yellow-legged gull hatchlings by using a field experiment in which we manipulated the corticosterone content in eggs. We found that the hatchling telomere length was related to microbiome composition, but this relationship was not affected by the corticosterone treatment. Hatchlings with a microbiome dominated by potential commensal bacteria (i.e.
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