Baby’s first gut bacteria come from mum’s mouth


Babies in the womb are not as shielded from the outside world but the placenta wharves a unique ecosystem of bacteria which may have a surprising source – the mother’s mouth. Disturbances of the placenta’s bacterial community may explain why some women give birth prematurely, and could also be one of the ways that a woman’s diet affects her offspring’s gut bacteria, and as a result the child’s disease risk. Various nutrients [in the mother’s diet] are a huge determining factor of which microbes take up abode in the placenta. 
A broad range of bacteria are present comprising those compulsory for metabolizing some of the vitamins and nutrients needed by the fetus. The first surprise was that the bacterial species were most similar to those normally found in the adult mouth, as contrasting to gut. The fact that the bacterial community found in the mouth suggests that these bacteria reach the baby either by crossing into the baby’s blood vessels within the placenta or by passing into amniotic fluid, which is swallowed by the baby. Giving pregnant animals a high-fat diet alters their offspring’s micro biome. Many previous studies have shown that a person’s risk of obesity and heart disease is affected by their mother’s diet, but it was thought this was passed on through epigenetic mechanisms – chemical changes that switch the offspring’s genes on or off.

17th International Conference on Gastroenterology and Hepatology, slated to be held on September 03-04 at Dubai, UAE, establishes a mutual interaction and cooperation with scientific researchers in the area of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, colonoscopy, Bariatric Surgery, Endoscopy, alimentary canal ailments and Gastrointestinal Surgery.


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https://gastrocongress.conferenceseries.com/

Contact:
Anna Harper
Program Manager
World Gastroenterology 2018

Email: hepatologymeet@gastroconferences.com

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