The intestinal microbiota: A new ally for optimum growth
Friday, February 19, 2016 - 11:00
in Health & Medicine
The intestinal microbiota is necessary to ensure optimum postnatal growth and contributes to determining the size of adult individuals, notably in the event of undernutrition. The key element in this relationship is Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1), whose production and activity are in part controlled by the microbiota.