Pregnancy and lactation interfere with the response of autoimmunity to modulation of gut microbiota.
Qinghui MuXavier Cabana-PuigJiangdi MaoBrianna SwartwoutLeila AbdelhamidThomas E CecereHaifeng WangChristopher M ReillyXin M LuoPublished in: Microbiome (2019)
These results suggest that pregnancy and lactation interfere with the response of autoimmunity to modulation of gut microbiota. Further studies are necessary to better understand the complex relationship between pregnancy and lupus.