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Gastric band Surgery In France Effects of a Gut Pathobiont in a Gnotobiotic Mouse Model of Childhood Undernutrition. Uncultured fecal gut microbiota from an underweight donor confers weight loss on gnotobiotic mice We used anthropometric data collected from members of a birth cohort study (14) of 100 children living in Mirpur thana in Dhaka, Bangladesh, to define whether they were healthy or undernourished (table S1). Those with height-for-age z scores (HAZ) greater than or equal to −2 were classified as “healthy,” whereas those with scores less than or equal to −3 were deemed severely stunted. At 18 months, 30 and 25 children satisfied these criteria for healthy and severely stunted, respectively, whereas at 24 months, 27 and 20 children received these designations; the remaining children were classified as moderately stunted (HAZ between −2 and −3). A PCR-based screen for ETBF targeting all three fragilysin gene subtypes (14) was performed using DNA isolated from fecal samples that had been collected from these children at 18 and 24 months of age. The results revealed that ETBF was variably present between individuals and within a given individual over time, with a total of 25 of 24-month-old children having a positive test (table S1). In this small cohort, ETBF carriage was not significantly correlated with indices of linear or ponderal growth . We combined anthropometric and PCR data to select fecal samples collected at 24 months from two children: (i) a healthy individual (child ID 7114 in table S1) with a HAZ score of −0.71, a WAZ score of −1.49, and a WHZ score of −1.62 who was ETBF-negative at the two time points tested, and (ii) a severely stunted and moderately underweight individual (child ID 7004) with a HAZ score of −3.02, a WAZ score of −2.51, and a WHZ score of −1.34 who was ETBF-positive at both time points. Of the 35 individuals with a positive ETBF test at either time point, only this stunted/underweight child was positive at both 18 and 24 months of age. Fecal samples obtained from members of this singleton birth cohort were screened for parasites using microscopic methods (5); neither of the two donors tested positive (see Materials and Methods for details). To define the effects of diet and these two childrens’ gut microbiota on host biology, we generated three representative versions (embodiments) of the diets consumed by the population represented by the donors. To do so, we determined the relative daily caloric contributions of various selected ingredient types, based on a study by Arsenault and coworkers (16). Selection of specific food items as representative of each ingredient type was based on consumption incidence surveys tabulated by Islam et al. (17), and the results were incorporated into a database consisting of 54 food ingredients. We filtered this database to remove items consumed by

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Gastric band Surgery In France Identifying risk factors for pancreatitis in children Research Update Nov. 28, 2016 In the largest study of its kind, an international group of researchers found that genetics, birth defects, and ethnicity may play important roles in the occurrence of pancreatitis in children. Pancreatitis, or inflammation of the pancreas, is accompanied by abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and, in severe cases, permanent tissue damage. Pancreatitis can be acute (occurring suddenly and usually self-resolving after a few days) or chronic (long-lasting). In some cases, recurring acute episodes can lead to the more debilitating chronic form of the disease. While both forms of pancreatitis are more common in adults, they can also develop in children. However, researchers have struggled to identify the factors that put young people at risk for pancreatitis, partly because the most common risk factors for adults-gallstones and heavy alcohol use-are rare in children. The multinational INSPPIRE (International Study Group of Pediatric Pancreatitis: In Search for a Cure) consortium was established to investigate the risk factors and outcomes of pediatric pancreatitis. The consortium, which has enrolled the largest cohort of pediatric pancreatitis patients to date, collected genetic, demographic, and clinical data from 301 children (girls and boys aged 19 and under) with acute recurrent or chronic forms of pancreatitis. The most common risk factor for pancreatitis in children was at least one mutation in any of four genes that are known to be associated with pancreatitis-CFTR, PRSS1, SPINK1, and CTRC. Mutations in PRSS1 and SPINK1 were more common in children with chronic pancreatitis than in children with acute recurrent pancreatitis, which means that mutations in these genes may increase the risk of transitioning from acute to chronic pancreatitis. Another risk factor found was obstruction of the pancreatic duct, most frequently by a relatively common birth defect known as pancreas divisum, in which the pancreas is drained by two smaller ducts instead of a single one. Other risk factors for pancreatitis that were identified were toxic or metabolic factors and autoimmune diseases, but they were not as common as genetic or obstructive factors. Many of the children in the study were found to have multiple risk factors for pancreatitis, suggesting that the disease may result from a complex interplay among more than one factor. The researchers also found that non-Hispanic children were more likely than Hispanic children to develop chronic pancreatitis. In addition to identifying risk factors, the INSPPIRE researchers also examined the burden of disease in children with pancreatitis. They found that children with both forms of pancreatitis endured significant abdominal pain, along with a number of emergency room visits and hospitalizations. Children with chronic pancreatitis had a higher number of emergency room visits and hospitalization than

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