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We show here that neonatal treatment of mice with broad-spectrum antibiotics for the first 3 weeks of life (NeoATB) resulted in the development of obesity and metabolic abnormalities in adulthood. The NeoATB mice exhibited a permanent dysbiosis of gut microbiota, decreased CD4<sup>+<\/sup>Foxp3<sup>+<\/sup> regulatory T cells (Tregs), and increased proinflammatory Th1 cells in visceral adipose tissue (VAT). Mechanistically, neonatal antibiotic treatment resulted in increased intestinal permeability that allowed bacterial translocation into the VAT and liver and an increase in systemic LPS levels. Consequently, VAT CD11c<sup>+<\/sup>MHCII<sup>+<\/sup> cells were activated via the TLR4 pathway to increase IL-12-triggered Th1-inflammation. Moreover, the decrease in VAT Tregs in NeoATB mice was attributed to reduced infiltration of Tregs from the periphery, decreased expansion of adipose IL-33-mediated ST2<sup>+<\/sup> Tregs, and reduced conversion of local Tregs from VAT CD4<sup>+<\/sup>CD25<sup>&#8211;<\/sup> Foxp3<sup>&#8211;<\/sup> T cells. Thus, we have revealed a previously unrecognized immunological link between neonatal microbiota dysbiosis and the development of obesity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Keywords:<\/strong> ST2; TGF\u03b2 signaling; Treg; inflammation; intestinal permeability; microbiota dysbiosis; neonatal age; obesity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barrier Immun. 2026 Sep;2(3):147-164.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-9684","publication","type-publication","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Neonatal Exposure to Antibiotics Triggers Obesity in Adulthood by Permanent Microbiota Dysbiosis and Reduction of Adipose Regulatory T Cells - FHU Prem&#039;IMPACT<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fhu-premimpact.org\/en\/publications\/neonatal-exposure-to-antibiotics-triggers-obesity-in-adulthood-by-permanent-microbiota-dysbiosis-and-reduction-of-adipose-regulatory-t-cells\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Neonatal Exposure to Antibiotics Triggers Obesity in Adulthood by Permanent Microbiota Dysbiosis and Reduction of Adipose Regulatory T Cells - 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