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Precocious infant fecal microbiome promotes enterocyte barrier dysfuction, altered neuroendocrine signaling and associates with increased childhood obesity risk

Germaine J. M. Yonga Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA;b Asian Microbiome Library Pte Ltd, Singapore and Singapore Institute of Food and Biotechnology Innovation, Singapore, SingaporeCorrespondence[email protected]
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Cara E. Porschea Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Alexandra R. Sitarikc Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USAView further author information
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Kei E. Fujimuraa Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA;d Genetic Disease Laboratory, California Department of Public Health, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Kathryn McCauleya Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAView further author information
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Dat T. Nguyena Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA;e Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USAView further author information
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Albert M. Levinc Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USAView further author information
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Kimberley J. Woodcroftc Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USAView further author information
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Dennis R. Ownbyf Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USAView further author information
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Andrew G. Rundleg Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USAView further author information
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Christine C. Johnsonc Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USAView further author information
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Andrea Cassidy-Bushrowc Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, MI, USAView further author information
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Susan V. Lyncha Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5695-7336View further author information
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Article: 2290661 | Received 01 Aug 2023, Accepted 29 Nov 2023, Published online: 20 Dec 2023

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