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 E-Mail IMAGE: Photomicrographs of tissue taken from the intestines of infant mice and grown in culture as intestinal organoids, or enteroids, that are basically "mini-intestines " for research. The enteroids shown are from... view more  Credit: C. Sodhi, W. Fulton and D. Hackam, Johns Hopkins Medicine Medical researchers have long understood that a pregnant mothers diet has a profound impact on her developing fetuss immune system and that babies -- especially those born prematurely ...

While working with mice, researchers identified an immune system cell that travels from the gut to the brain and attacks cells rather than protect them as it normally does.

New research in mice may clarify why premature infants who survive necrotizing enterocolitis also develop a severe brain injury.

Study on mice finds link between gut disease and brain injury in premature infants ANI | Updated: Jan 10, 2021 23:51 IST Bern [Switzerland], January 10 (ANI): While working with mice, researchers have recently identified an immune system cell that travels from the gut to the brain and attacks cells rather than protect them as it normally does. Physicians have long known that necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a potentially lethal inflammatory condition that d...

Researchers identify the missing link between intestinal disease and brain injury in premature infants Physicians have long known that necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a potentially lethal inflammatory condition that destroys a premature infants intestinal lining, is often connected to the development of severe brain injury in those infants who survive. However, the means by which the diseased intestine "communicates" its devastation to the newborn brain has remained largely unknown. Now, worki...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Photomicrographs demonstrating the impact of T lymphocytes (T cells) associated with the intestinal disease necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) on myelin -- a fatty material that surrounds and protects nerve cells --... view more  Credit: C. Zhou, C. Sodhi and D. J. Hackam, Johns Hopkins Medicine Physicians have long known that necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), a potentially lethal inflammatory condition that destroys a premature infants intestinal lining, is often connected...