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Area of Science:

  • Microbiology
  • Neonatology
  • Gastroenterology

Background:

  • The intestinal microbiota significantly influences post-natal gastrointestinal development.
  • Advances in microbial identification enable study of host-microbiota interactions.
  • These interactions involve the intestinal barrier, immune system, and gut-brain axis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review host-microbiota interactions during early gastrointestinal colonization.
  • To focus on the role of the intestinal microbiota in feeding intolerance pathogenesis in preterm neonates.
  • To explore the potential of early probiotic supplementation.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of host-microbiota interactions.
  • Focus on early life gut colonization.
  • Analysis of feeding intolerance in preterm infants.

Main Results:

  • Intestinal microbiota is key to gastrointestinal function development.
  • Microbiota influences intestinal barrier, immunity, and gut-brain axis.
  • Altered colonization in preterm infants is linked to feeding intolerance.

Conclusions:

  • Early intestinal microbiota colonization is critical for host development.
  • Probiotic supplementation shows promise for altered gut colonization in preterm infants.
  • Probiotics may serve as preventive and therapeutic agents for feeding intolerance.