What is it about?
Gut lactobacilli were less abundant in male infants but Bacteroidaceae more abundant in female infants at 3-4 months of age following prenatal maternal asthma.
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Why is it important?
This first report suggests that changes to gut microbes in infants following a pregnancy where the mother had asthma may be an additional explanation to genetic risk for asthma.
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This page is a summary of: Sex-specific impact of asthma during pregnancy on infant gut microbiota, European Respiratory Journal, November 2017, European Respiratory Society (ERS),
DOI: 10.1183/13993003.00280-2017.
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