Tanja Jaeggi

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of high and low dose in-home iron fortification on the infant gut microbiome and intestinal inflammation was determined by double-blind randomised controlled trials in 6-month-old Kenyan infants.

TL;DR: The effects of Fe depletion and repletion strongly affect the composition and metabolic activity of rat gut microbiota and ferrous Fe may be more available for utilization by the gut microbiota than elemental Fe.

TL;DR: It is concluded that hepcidin regulatory pathways are already functional in infancy, but serum hePCidin alone may not clearly discriminate between iron-deficient anemic infants with and without infection.

TL;DR: The ability of bifidobacteria to efficiently utilize iron sequestration mechanism such as siderophore production and iron internalization may confer an ecological advantage and be the basis for enhanced competition against enteropathogens.