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ArticleNature microbiology2026

Enteropathy produced in mice by intergenerational transmission of small intestinal microbiota from undernourished children.

Kali M Pruss, Clara Kao, Alexandra E Byrne, Robert Y Chen, Blanda Di Luccia, Laura Karvelyte, Reyan Coskun, Mackenzie Lemieux, Keshav Nepal, Daniel M Webber and 11 more

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Article in Nature microbiology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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21 authors.

Kali M Pruss *The Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8619-5886
Clara Kao *The Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2210-5447
Alexandra E ByrneThe Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Robert Y ChenThe Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3680-2609
Blanda Di LucciaThe Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0137-953X
Laura KarvelyteDivision of Immunobiology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Reyan CoskunThe Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-3122
Mackenzie LemieuxThe Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Keshav NepalThe Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Daniel M WebberThe Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6109-8118
Matthew C HibberdThe Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6520-677X
Yi WangThe Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Haoxin LiuThe Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Dmitry A RodionovInfectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0939-390X
Andrei L OstermanInfectious and Inflammatory Disease Center, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3810-9824
Marco ColonnaDivision of Immunobiology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5222-4987
Christian MaueroderInflammation Research Centre, VIB, and the Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Kodi RavichandranDivision of Immunobiology, Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9049-1410
Michael J BarrattThe Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3794-1296
Tahmeed AhmedInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Jeffrey I GordonThe Edison Family Center for Genome Sciences and Systems Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA. jgordon@wustl.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8304-3548

Funding

REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION - SMALL INTESTINER01DK030292 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI JEFFREY I GORDON, ANDREI L OSTERMAN · 1986 to 2026
$6.5M
The small intestinal microbiota in undernourished women and undernourished children in Bangladesh: identifying causal mechanisms and therapeutic targetsR01DK131107 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GORDON, JEFFREY I · 2021 to 2024
$4.1M
Solute carrier proteins in efferocytosis and inflammationR01AI159551 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI RAVICHANDRAN, KODI S · 2021 to 2025
$2.9M
Solute carrier proteins and metal ion-based signaling during efferocytosisR37AI159551 · NIAID · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI Kodi S Ravichandran · 2026 to 2026
$611k
Impact of Gut Bacterial Interactions on the Response to Fiber-Based PrebioticsF30DK123838 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BELLER, ZACHARY WALTER · 2020 to 2022
$127k
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation INV-033564Gates Foundation INV-033564NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI159551NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI159551NIDDK NIH HHS F30 DK123838NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK030292NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK131107U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) DK123838U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) DK131107
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Environmental enteric dysfunction (EED), a small intestinal disorder prevalent in undernourished children with stunted growth and their undernourished mothers, is associated with gut mucosal barrier disruption and decreased absorptive capacity. Here we provide preclinical evidence that intergenerational transmission of a perturbed small intestinal microbiota contributes to pathogenesis. One of two bacterial consortia cultured from duodenal aspirates obtained from Bangladeshi children with EED induced local and systemic inflammation in female gnotobiotic mice, resulting in impaired prenatal and postnatal growth in their offspring. Immunologic changes in pups phenocopied features of EED in children, and dam-to-pup transmission of this consortium altered signalling pathways related to intestinal epithelial cell renewal, barrier integrity and immune function. Screening of co-housed mice harbouring the inflammatory or non-inflammatory consortia identified Campylobacter concisus as an inducer of pro-inflammatory cytokine signalling in a host nitric oxide synthase-dependent manner. This preclinical model could facilitate small intestinal microbiota-targeted therapeutics for intergenerational undernutrition.

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeIntestinal DiseasesIntestine, SmallMalnutritionAnimalsCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGerm-Free LifeHumansIntestinal MucosaMaleMiceCytokines

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PMID42304079
PMCPMC13323066

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