Browsing by Subject "Milk, Human/metabolism"

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Factors affecting lactoferrin concentration in human milk: how much do we know?

Villavicencio, Aasith; Rueda, Maria S.; Turin, Christie G.; Ochoa Woodell, Theresa Jean (NRC Research Press, 2016)

Lactoferrin (LF) is a breast milk glycoprotein with antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects. Its beneficial properties in infants, especially in those born preterm, are currently being studied in clinical trials. ...
Maternal and pregnancy-related factors affecting human milk cytokines among Peruvian mothers bearing low-birth-weight neonates

Zambruni, Mara; Villalobos, Alex; Somasunderam, Anoma; Westergaard, Sarah; Nigalye, Maitreyee; Turin, Christie G.; Zegarra, Jaime; Bellomo, Sicilia; Mercado, Erik; Ochoa Woodell, Theresa Jean; Utay, Netanya S. (Elsevier, 2017)

Several cytokines have been detected in human milk but their relative concentrations differ among women and vary over time in the same person. The drivers of such differences have been only partially identified, while the ...

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