Prolonged transition time between colostrum and mature milk in a bear, the giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca [PDF]
, 2015 Bears produce the most altricial neonates of any placental mammal. We hypothesized that the transition from colostrum to mature milk in bears reflects a temporal and biochemical adaptation for altricial development and immune protection.
Burchmore, Richard J. S. +9 more
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Maternal fucosyltransferase 2 status affects the gut bifidobacterial communities of breastfed infants. [PDF]
, 2015 BackgroundIndividuals with inactive alleles of the fucosyltransferase 2 gene (FUT2; termed the 'secretor' gene) are common in many populations. Some members of the genus Bifidobacterium, common infant gut commensals, are known to consume 2'-fucosylated ...
German, J Bruce +11 more
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Concentrations of oligosaccharides in human milk and child growth [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2021 AbstractBackgroundThe relationship between human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) and child growth has been investigated only insufficiently with ambiguous results. Therefore, this study examines potential influencing factors of HMO concentrations and how HMO are associated with child growth parameters.MethodsMilk samples from the German LIFE Child cohort ...
Philipp Menzel +8 more
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 Breast milk is rich in sialic acids (SA), which are commonly combined with milk oligosaccharides and glycoconjugates. As a functional nutrient component, SA-containing milk components have received increasing attention in recent years.
Yushuang Wang +8 more
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Gut microbiota analysis reveals a marked shift to bifidobacteria by a starter infant formula containing a synbiotic of bovine milk-derived oligosaccharides and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis CNCM I-3446. [PDF]
, 2016 Non-digestible milk oligosaccharides were proposed as receptor decoys for pathogens and as nutrients for beneficial gut commensals like bifidobacteria.
Bartoli, J-M. +22 more
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Efforts to emulate human milk oligosaccharides [PDF]
British Journal of Nutrition, 2007 Research on human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) began with the characterisation of their chemical structures and is now focused on the elucidation of their biological roles. Previously, biological effects could only be investigated with fractions or structures isolated from breast milk; consequently, clinical observations were limited to comparisons ...
Rosa María, Espinosa +2 more
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Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMOs) and Infant Microbiota: A Scoping Review
Foods, 2021 Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are the third most abundant solid component of breast milk. However, the newborn cannot assimilate them as nutrients.
Cristina Sánchez +4 more
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Nature Communications, 2022 Human milk oligosaccharides are fundamental to infant health. Here the authors deploy a multi-omics systems biology approach to elucidate their biosynthetic network, including the associated enzymes and likely structures of ambiguous oligosaccharides.
Benjamin P. Kellman +15 more
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Decoding breast milk oligosaccharides
Swiss Medical Weekly, 2014 Oligosaccharides represent a significant fraction of breast milk, reaching up to 20 g/l in early milk. Human milk oligosaccharides comprise close to 200 structures, which are not absorbed by the intestinal tissue and have no nutritional value for ...
Thierry Hennet +2 more
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Galacto-oligosaccharides formation during manufacture of different varieties of yogurt. Stability through storage [PDF]
, 2015 Galacto-oligosaccharides (GOS) have interest in the food industry due to their recognized functional properties. In this work, we studied the effect of a commercial β-galactosidase enzyme from Kluyveromyces lactis (YNL-2, GODO) and Lactobacillus ...
Bergamini, Carina Viviana +3 more
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