Maternal gut microbiome during pregnancy influences offspring atopy and asthma.

随着我们接触细菌的减少，食物过敏和哮喘等过敏性疾病显著增加。许多研究探索了我们在生命早期接触细菌的情况，但很少有人研究我们在子宫中发育时接触到的母体细菌。新的研究表明，我们暴露在母亲肠道细菌的许多不同成分中，这可能会改变我们正在发育的免疫系统，并决定我们是否会患上食物过敏和哮喘等疾病。

Allergic diseases such as food allergy and asthma have increased significantly as our exposure to bacteria has reduced. Many studies have explored exposure to bacteria in early life but few have examined the maternal bacteria we are exposed to while we develop in the womb. New studies indicate that we are exposed to many different components of our mothers gut bacteria and this might change our developing immune system and determine whether or not we get diseases like food allergy and asthma.