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Human breastmilk memory T cells throughout lactation manifest activated tissue-oriented profile with prominent regulation [PDF]

JCI Insight
Breastfeeding provides important immunological benefits to the neonate, but how the different immunoactive components in breastmilk contribute to immunity remains poorly understood.
Elise S. Saager, Arthur H. van Stigt, Butstabong Lerkvaleekul, Lisanne Lutter, Anneke H. Hellinga, M. Marlot van der Wal, Louis J. Bont, Jeanette H.W. Leusen, Belinda van’t Land, Femke van Wijk, the Protection against Respiratory tract infections through human Milk Analysis (PRIMA) group   +10 more
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Population pharmacokinetics of levofloxacin in breastmilk in patients with rifampicin‐resistant tuberculosis

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Levofloxacin is a widely used antibiotic included in rifampicin‐resistant tuberculosis (RR‐TB) treatment. Data describing levofloxacin concentrations in breastmilk and infant exposure are limited. We analysed data from two South African studies of breastfeeding women receiving levofloxacin (750–1000 mg daily) for RR‐TB.
Sharon Sawe, Lufina Tsirizani, Buyisile Mkhize, Lubbe Wiesner, Gary Maartens, Francesca Conradie, Richard Court, Marian Loveday, Catriona Waitt, Paolo Denti   +9 more
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The Role of Breastmilk in Macrophage-Tumour Cell Interactions in Postpartum Breast Cancer

Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark
Background: Lactation is associated with long-term reduced risk of breast cancer. However, there is a transient increased risk of breast cancer in the 5 to 10 years postpartum and this is associated with a high incidence of metastasis ...
Reza Maleki, Amna Ghith, Hanieh Heydarlou, Luke E Grzeskowiak, Wendy V Ingman   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Breastmilk and Theorems

Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, 2018
Breastmilk and Theorems is a poem that traces a mother’s journey breastfeeding her baby over the course of the baby’s first months of life, while mentally working on proving a ...
Jacob, Bonnie
openaire   +3 more sources

Breastmilk, Stool, and Meconium: Bacterial Communities in South Africa [PDF]

, 2021
Human milk optimizes gut microbial richness and diversity, and is critical for proper immune development. Research has shown differing microbial composition based on geographic location, providing evidence that diverse biospecimen data is needed when ...
Eskenazi, Brenda, Pappas, Derek J, Gunier, Robert B., Wallenborn, Jordyn T, Gunier, Robert B, Chevrier, Jonathan, Wallenborn, Jordyn T., Pappas, Derek J.   +7 more
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An emerging trend in infant feeding practice: a scoping review on breastmilk sharing

, 2021
Aim: The aims of this scoping review were to identify the type of available evidence and map rapidly the key concepts underpinning milk sharing research. Design: Scoping review.
Cheong, Ai Theng, Jamil, Nurul Akma, Muda, Siti Mariam, Lee, Khuan   +3 more
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Sustaining Breastmilk Expression and Direct Feeding at Breast for Very Low Birth Infants: A Qualitative Exploration of Parental Perspectives. [PDF]

Matern Child Nutr
ABSTRACT In Ireland, while most women express milk for their preterm very low birthweight (VLBW) infants, only a few are discharged home exclusively receiving mothers' own milk, and even fewer are engaged in direct feeding at breast (DFAB). This is in the context of Ireland having one of the lowest breastfeeding initiation and sustenance rates in the ...
Noonan M, Fitzgibbon V, Keyes R, McCarthy J, Bradshaw C, Tighe SM, Atkinson S, Connell DO, Byrt H, Shanahan M, Desmond J, Lloyd B, Healy S, Philips RK.   +13 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Nutritive and Bioactive Proteins in Breastmilk [PDF]

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism, 2016
Protein ingested with breast milk provides indispensable amino acids which are necessary for new protein synthesis for growth and replacement of losses via urine, feces, and the skin. Protein gain in the body of an infant is highest during the first months when protein concentrations in breast milk are higher than during later stages of lactation.
Ferdinand, Haschke, Nadja, Haiden, Sagar K, Thakkar   +2 more
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An ‘incredible community’ or ‘disgusting’ and ‘weird’? Representations of breastmilk sharing in worldwide news media

Maternal and Child Nutrition, 2021
Breastmilk sharing via the internet has become more popular in recent years, with a resultant increase in media attention. It is actively discouraged by public health bodies in at least three countries.
Sally Dowling, Aimee Grant
doaj   +1 more source

Exercised breastmilk: a kick-start to prevent childhood obesity? [PDF]

, 2023
Exercise has systemic health benefits through effects on multiple tissues, with intertissue communication. Recent studies indicate that exercise may improve breastmilk composition and thereby reduce the intergenerational transmission of obesity.
Moholdt, Trine, Kristin I. Stanford, Trine Moholdt, Stanford, Kristin   +3 more
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