Figure 1
From: Fast food fever: reviewing the impacts of the Western diet on immunity
Diagrammatic overview of select mechanisms for diet-induced inflammation, dysbiosis, and inheritance. (A) Diagrammatic representation of the reported mechanisms for how diet alters the gut microbiome. (B) Summary of the current reported mechanisms for inheritance of the microbiome from mother to child. TLR4-dep, Toll-like receptor 4 dependent; SFA, saturated fatty acids; LPS, lipopolysaccharide; n-6, omega-6 fatty acids; n-3, omega-3 fatty acids; Th, T-helper cell; Treg, T-regulatory cell.