The Neonatal Immune System: A Unique Host-Microbial Interface

• 1. Verfasser: Joseph M. Bliss (auth)
• Weitere Verfasser: James L. Wynn (auth)
• Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Frontiers Media SA 2018
• Schriftenreihe: Frontiers Research Topics
• Schlagworte: Medicine; Infection; Neonate; Candida; Sepsis; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Vaccine; Immunity; Microbiome
• Online-Zugang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Emerging from the protective environment of the uterus, the newborn is exposed to a myriad of microbes, and quickly establishes a complex microbiome that shapes the infant's biology in ways that are only now beginning to come to light. Among these exposures are a number of potential pathogens....