How does the early life microbiota protect the infant against excessive adiposity? Our new preprint describes a mechanism by which specific members of the early life small intestine microbiota regulate intestinal epithelium-immune interactions to prevent adiposity.
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Perturbation to the early-life microbiota has long-term detrimental effects on health and development, leading to increased risk for metabolic dysfunction and childhood obesity. Despite the central ro...
