New Paper: Vitamin D Supplementation in Pregnancy and Early Infancy in Relation to Gut Microbiota Composition and C. difficile Colonization: Implications for Viral Respiratory Infections

Illustration VitD effet on gut microbiota infant

Congratulations to our Platform 2 Lead Dr. Anita Kozyrskyj on this recent publication! Studying 1,157 mother-infant pairs of the CHILD Cohort, researchers unravel a possible link between vitamin D supplementation during early-life and protection against C. difficile infection. Vit-D supplementation was also observed to be associated with a lower level of a specific bacterium Megamonas. […]

New Paper: Tacrolimus Impairs Kupffer Cell Capacity to Control Bacteremia: Why Transplant Recipients Are Susceptible to Infection

Snapshot of Movie 1 showing a decrease in the number of bacteria adhering to Kupffer cells of mice treated with Tacrolimus during the first 30 min.

Congratulations to our Platform 1 Co-Lead Dr. Paul Kubes on this recent publication! Using a define mouse model of acute methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia along with intravital microscopy, Deppermann C, et al. unravelled why Tacrolimus, a drug used to prevent rejection in solid organ transplant recipients increases the susceptibility of transplant recipient to develop […]