横向的基因转移以不同的方式塑造了婴儿肠道转基因组的功能潜力

Umme Habiba1, Muneebah Noor2, Masood Ur Rehman Kayani2

  • 1Department of Infectious Disease, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, 3333 Binsheng Road, Binjiang District, Hangzhou, 310052, China; Department of Sciences, School of Interdisciplinary Engineering & Sciences (SINES), National University of Sciences & Technology (NUST), Srinagar Highway, Sector H-12, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Life sciences
|October 2, 2025
PubMed
概括

横向基因转移 (HGT) 影响婴儿肠道微生物组的发育不同,取决于分娩方式. 阴道分娩促进与免疫相关的HGT,而剖腹产有利于代谢过程和生物膜形成.

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