Effects of intergenerational transmission of small intestinal bacteria cultured from stunted Bangladeshi children with enteropathy
Kali M. Pruss, C.-Y. Kao, Alexandra E. Byrne, Robert Yuzen Chen, Blanda Di Luccia, Laura Karvelyte, Reyan Coskun, Mackenzie Lemieux, Keshav Nepal, Daniel M. Webber, Matthew Charles Hibberd, Y Wang, Haoxin Liu, Dmitry A. Rodionov, Andrei L. Osterman, , Jeffrey I. Gordon
This study shows that a perturbed small intestinal microbiota from stunted children can induce EED-like features in offspring through inflammation and immune changes.
Nature Microbiology · Jun 16, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology