title: A Touch of Youth in Gut Microbiota Development.
abstract: In a recent issue of Nature, Gordon and colleagues show that, during the first 2 years life, the assembly of the gut microbiota follows predictable architectural patterns that correlate with the development of commensal-specific immunoglobulin A responses.
authors.affiliation: Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Giuliana
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magri
authors.affiliation: Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, 08003 Barcelona, Spain; Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY 10029, USA. Electronic address: andrea.cerutti@mssm.edu.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cerutti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001419:Bacteria / Q000276:immunology*; D000069196:Gastrointestinal Microbiome / Q000276:immunology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000378:metabolism; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D015212:Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / Q000276:immunology* / Q000382:microbiology; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology*; D012306:Risk; D013559:Symbiosis
chemical_list: D007070:Immunoglobulin A