It's in the Milk: Feeding the Microbiome to Promote Infant Growth

Stavros Bashiardes; Christoph A Thaiss; Eran Elinav

doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2016.02.015

It's in the Milk: Feeding the Microbiome to Promote Infant Growth

Cell Metab. 2016 Mar 8;23(3):393-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2016.02.015.

Authors

Stavros Bashiardes¹, Christoph A Thaiss¹, Eran Elinav²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel.
² Department of Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 7610001, Israel. Electronic address: eran.elinav@weizmann.ac.il.

PMID: 26959178
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2016.02.015

Abstract

Malnutrition is a global health burden affecting the development of millions of children worldwide, but the effects of current treatment strategies are modest. Charbonneau et al. (2016) identify sialylated oligosaccharides in breast milk as microbiota-dependent growth-promoting metabolites, paving the way for a new rational treatment of severe infant stunting.

Publication types

Comment

MeSH terms

Animals
Child Development*
Humans
Male
Malnutrition / diet therapy*
Milk / chemistry*
Milk, Human / chemistry*
Oligosaccharides / metabolism*

Substances

Oligosaccharides