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Breast Milk: Revisited [PDF]

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 1998
Human milk has been shown to be the ideal source of nutrition for most growing infants. Its composition continues to be an active area of investigation. In several studies in preterm and term infants, long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids were found to improve the maturation of visual evoked potentials.
A N, Lteif, W F, Schwenk
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Human milk oligosaccharides as prebiotics

Pediatrics and Neonatology, 2023
Based on its richness in immune-related components such as human milk, human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), milk proteins, and lipids, breast milk can be considered the first functional food that humans encounter in their lifetime.
Gozde Okburan, Serap Kızıler
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COVID-19 mRNA vaccine-mediated antibodies in human breast milk and their association with breast milk microbiota composition

npj Vaccines, 2023
Newborns can acquire immunological protection to SARS-CoV-2 through vaccine-conferred antibodies in human breast milk. However, there are some concerns around lactating mothers with regards to potential short- and long-term adverse events and vaccine ...
Shilin Zhao, Kris Y. W. Lok, Zhen Y. Sin, Ye Peng, Heidi S. L. Fan, Nitya Nagesh, Martha S. L. Choi, Jojo Y. Y. Kwok, Edmond P. H. Choi, Xi Zhang, Hogan Kok-Fung Wai, Leo C. H. Tsang, Samuel S. M. Cheng, Matthew K. L. Wong, Jie Zhu, Chris K. P. Mok, Siew C. Ng, Francis K. L. Chan, Malik Peiris, Leo L. M. Poon, Hein M. Tun   +20 more
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Breast Milk from Tanzanian Women has Divergent Effects on Cell-Free and Cell-Associated HIV-1 Infection in Vitro. [PDF]

, 2012
Transmission of HIV-1 during breastfeeding is a significant source of new pediatric infections in sub-Saharan Africa. Breast milk from HIV-positive mothers contains both cell-free and cell-associated virus; however, the impact of breast milk on HIV-1 ...
Ruth I Connor, Alexandra L Howell, Molly L Housman, Lee, F.V, Housman, M.L., Zain-Ul-Abideen Muhammad, Frederick V Lee, Zain-Ul-Abideen, M., Connor, R.I, Connor Ruth I., Zain-Ul-Abideen, Muhammad, Lyimo, M.A., Howell, Alexandra L, Lyimo, Magdalena A, Magdalena A Lyimo, Howell Alexandra L., Housman, Molly L, Mosi, M.N, Muhammad Zain-Ul-Abideen, Howell, A.L, Lee, Frederick V, Mosi, Matilda Ngarina, Matilda Ngarina Mosi, Connor, Ruth I, Lyimo Magdalena A., Housman Molly L., Mosi Matilda Ngarina, Lee Frederick V.   +27 more
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Breast milk and infection

Clinics in Perinatology, 2004
Three viruses (CMV, HIV, and HTLV-I) frequently cause infection or disease as a result of breast-milk transmission. Reasonable guidelines have been pro-posed for when and how to avoid breast milk in the case of maternal infection. For other viruses, prophylactic immune therapy to protect the infant against all modes of transmission are indicated (VZV ...
Division of Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Florida College of Medicine, Health Science Center SW Archer Road, R1-118, Gainesville, FL 32610-0296, USA ( host institution ), Lawrence, Robert M. ( author ), Lawrence, Ruth A. ( author )   +2 more
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Herpesviruses and breast milk

La Pediatria Medica e Chirurgica, 2014
Breast milk has always been the best source of nourishment for newborns. However, breast milk can carry a risk of infection, as it can be contaminated with bacterial or viral pathogens. This paper reviews the risk of acquisition of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV), herpesviruses frequently detected in breastfeeding mothers, via ...
Pietrasanta C., Ghirardi B., Manca M. F., Uccella S., Gualdi C., Tota E., Pugni L., Mosca F.   +7 more
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Breast-feeding protects against arsenic exposure in Bangladeshi infants. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: Chronic arsenic exposure causes a wide range of health effects, but little is known about critical windows of exposure. Arsenic readily crosses the placenta, but the few available data on postnatal exposure to arsenic via breast milk are not ...
Nermell, Barbro, Britta Fängström, Kuenstl, Linda, Vahter, Marie, Goessler, Walter, Barbro Nermell, Brita Palm, Marie Vahter, Iqbal Kabir, Linda Kuenstl, Palm, Brita, Kabir, Iqbal, Walter Goessler, Fängström, Britta, Arifeen, Shams El, Margaretha Grandér, Shams El Arifeen, Sophie Moore, Grandér, Margaretha, Moore, Sophie, Palm, B,, Kabir, I, Goessler, W, Fangstrom, B, Moore, S, El, Arifeen S, Nermell, B,, Kuenstl, L, Vahter, M,, Grander, M,   +29 more
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Knowledge attitudes and practice of breastmilk expression and storage among working mothers with infants under six months of age in Kenya

International Breastfeeding Journal, 2022
Background Expression and storage of breastmilk is a strategy that ensures continued breast milk consumption in the event of temporary separation of an infant from the mother.
Priscillah Wanini Edemba, Grace Irimu, Rachel Musoke   +2 more
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Differential transcriptional response of Bifidobacterium longum to human milk, formula milk and galactooligosaccharide [PDF]

, 2008
In order to gain insight into the effects of human breast milk on the development of the intestinal bifidobacteria and associated health effects, the transcriptome of Bifidobacterium longum LMG 13197 grown in breast milk and formula milk containing ...
Vos, W.M., de, Malinen, E., Vaughan, E.E., Gonzalez, R., E. E. Vaughan, E. Malinen, R. Gonzalez, de Vos, W.M., W. M. de Vos, E. S. Klaassens, Klaassens, E.S.   +10 more
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The relationships between leptin levels in maternal serum and breast milk of mothers and term infants

Annals of Medicine, 2021
Background Leptin in breast milk play a significant role in metabolic programming.Objective The aim of this study to evaluate the relationship between leptin levels in maternal serum and breast milk, and certain anthropometric measurements of infants and
Feray Çağiran Yilmaz, Ayşe Özfer Özçelik   +1 more
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