Volume 34, No 7, Jul 2024

ISSN: 1001-0602 
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018 
impact factor 17.848* 
(Clarivate Analytics, 2019)

Volume 34 Issue 7, July 2024: 469-470

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Complement(ing) the microbiome in infants through breastmilk

Samuel P. Nobs¹ , Eran Elinav^1,2,*

¹Department of Systems Immunology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
²Microbiome & Cancer Division, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
Correspondence: Eran Elinav(eran.elinav@weizmann.ac.il)

Breastfeeding has a major impact on the health of infants. In a recent study published in Cell, Xu et al. identify and disentangle a novel molecular role of the maternal complement system in mediating resistance to enteric infection of infants via modulation of their microbiome.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-024-00944-1

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