trigger an inflammatory response (and, therefore, to produce more IL-17a) gave birth to offspring whose behavior resembled that observed in autism: stereotypies , social avoidance, etc. This surprising indication suggests that the mother’s bacterial environment could play a significant role long before birth.
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Fecal transplant: a revolutionary experiment.
To confirm this hypothesis, the researchers took the experiment even further. They performed a fecal transplant between mice, thus transferring the gut microbiota from one individual to another. The result was unequivocal: the recipient mice, which inherited a pro-inflammatory gut
