ReviewFrontiers in nutrition2023
Early-life gut microbiota and neurodevelopment in preterm infants: a narrative review.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.
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- The Impact of Cesarean Section Delivery on Intestinal Microbiota: Mechanisms, Consequences, and Perspectives-A Systematic Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Pooled it
- NEC-Associated Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia and the Gut-Lung Axis in Preterm Infants.American journal of perinatology · 2026Review
- Exploring the Early-Life Microbiomes of Preterm Infants and Their Childhood Health Outcomes (The BLOOM Study): Protocol for a Prospective, Observational Cohort Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
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- Gut-Derived Metabolic Imbalance in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Toward the Concept of a Metabolic Subtype.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Breastfeeding in Infancy and Adult Health: A Narrative Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Intestinal microbiome in very-preterm infants at one month of age and association with neurodevelopmental outcome.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Condition the water before adding the fish: a hypothesis on probiotic selection without prior gut assessment.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Temporal dynamics of gut microbiota and virome in preterm infants: insights from longitudinal metagenomic analysis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Article
- The Endocannabinoid-Microbiota-Neuroimmune Super-System: A Unifying Feedback Architecture for Systems Resilience, Collapse Trajectories, and Precision Feedback Medicine.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Dynamic Interactions between the Gut Microbiome, Health, and Metabolic Disorders in Preterm Infants.Journal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2025Review
- Neonatal Urine Metabolic Signature Reflects Multisystemic Adaptations Linked to Preterm Birth.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Severe anemia in preterm infants associated with increased bacterial virulence potential and metabolic disequilibrium.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Functional gastrointestinal disorders predictors in neonates and toddlers: A machine learning approach to risk assessment.Heliyon · 2025Article
- Early Enteral Feeding Restores Neurofilament Light Chain Serum Levels in Preterm Newborns.Current neuropharmacology · 2025Article
- The impact of gut microbiota on morbidities in preterm infants.The Kaohsiung journal of medical sciences · 2024Review
- Prenatal Nutritional Factors and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Narrative Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The Influence of Cecal Microbiota Transplantation on Chicken Injurious Behavior: Perspective in Human Neuropsychiatric Research.Biomolecules · 2024Review
- Gut microbiota in preterm infants receiving breast milk or mixed feeding.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2024Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Infants born preterm are at a high risk of both gut microbiota (GM) dysbiosis and neurodevelopmental impairment. While the link between early dysbiosis and short-term clinical outcomes is well established, the relationship with long-term infant health has only recently gained interest. Notably, there is a significant overlap in the developmental windows of GM and the nervous system in early life. The connection between GM and neurodevelopment was first described in animal models, but over the last decade a growing body of research has also identified GM features as one of the potential mediators for human neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric disorders. In this narrative review, we provide an overview of the developing GM in early life and its prospective relationship with neurodevelopment, with a focus on preterm infants. Animal models have provided evidence for emerging pathways linking early-life GM with brain development. Furthermore, a relationship between both dynamic patterns and static features of the GM during preterm infants' early life and brain maturation, as well as neurodevelopmental outcomes in early childhood, was documented. Future human studies in larger cohorts, integrated with studies on animal models, may provide additional evidence and help to identify predictive biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets for healthy neurodevelopment in preterm infants.
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