In the absence of effective interventions to prevent preterm births, improved survival of
infants who are born at the biological limits of viability has relied on advances in perinatal …

Worldwide 300 million children and adults are affected by asthma. The development of
asthma is influenced by environmental and other exogenous factors synergizing with …

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a chronic lung disease of primarily premature infants
that results from an imbalance between lung injury and repair in the develo** lung. BPD is …

Almost half of all preterm births are caused or triggered by an inflammatory process at the
feto-maternal interface resulting in preterm labor or rupture of membranes with or without …

Plants, animals and humans, are colonized by microorganisms (microbiota) and transiently
exposed to countless others. The microbiota affects the development and function of …

Improvements in our knowledge of the gut microbiota have broadened our vision of the
microbes associated with the intestine. These microbes are essential actors and protectors …

The human body contains many microorganisms, including a large number of bacteria,
viruses, fungi, and protozoa, which are referred to as the microbiota. Compared with the …

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is the most common respiratory disorder among infants
born extremely preterm. The pathogenesis of BPD involves multiple prenatal and postnatal …

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is one of the few diseases in neonatal medicine that
has continued to evolve since its first description about 50 years ago. Over these years …

The importance of the microbiome, and of the gut-lung axis in the origin and persistence of
asthma, is an ongoing field of investigation. The process of microbial colonisation in the first …