Probiotic supplementation during pregnancy alters gut microbial networks of pregnant women and infants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Probiotic supplementation has been popular and widespread, yet we still lack a comprehensive understanding of how probiotic supplementation during pregnancy affects the gut microbial networks of pregnant women and infants. In this study, we firstly used network analysis to compare the gut microbiota of pregnant women with and without probiotic supplementation, as well as their infants.

Methods

Thirty-one pairs of healthy pregnant women and infants were recruited and randomly divided into the probiotic group (15 mother-infant pairs) and the control group (16 mother-infant pairs). Pregnant women in the probiotic group consumed combined probiotics from 32 weeks to delivery. Fecal samples were collected from pregnant women and infants at several time points. Gut micro

SUBMITTER: Huang T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9751803 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature