Innate immunity and breast milk

NT Cacho, RM Lawrence - Frontiers in immunology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Human milk is a dynamic source of nutrients and bioactive factors; unique in providing for
the human infant's optimal growth and development. The growing infant's immune system …

Cells of human breast milk

M Witkowska-Zimny, E Kaminska-El-Hassan - Cellular & molecular biology …, 2017 - Springer
Human milk is a complex fluid that has developed to satisfy the nutritional requirements of
infants. In addition to proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and other biologically active …

Mammary stem cells and the differentiation hierarchy: current status and perspectives

JE Visvader, J Stingl - Genes & development, 2014 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The mammary epithelium is highly responsive to local and systemic signals, which
orchestrate morphogenesis of the ductal tree during puberty and pregnancy. Based on …

[HTML][HTML] Stem cell therapy for abrogating stroke-induced neuroinflammation and relevant secondary cell death mechanisms

C Stonesifer, S Corey, S Ghanekar, Z Diamandis… - Progress in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of death worldwide. A key secondary cell death
mechanism mediating neurological damage following the initial episode of ischemic stroke …

Anatomy of the human mammary gland: Current status of knowledge

F Hassiotou, D Geddes - Clinical anatomy, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Mammary glands are unique to mammals, with the specific function of synthesizing,
secreting, and delivering milk to the newborn. Given this function, it is only during a …

MicroRNAs in breastmilk and the lactating breast: potential immunoprotectors and developmental regulators for the infant and the mother

M Alsaweed, PE Hartmann, DT Geddes… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
Human milk (HM) is the optimal source of nutrition, protection and developmental
programming for infants. It is species-specific and consists of various bioactive components …

Milk-derived extracellular vesicles in inter-organism, cross-species communication and drug delivery

R Sanwlani, P Fonseka, SV Chitti, S Mathivanan - Proteomes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Milk is considered as more than a source of nutrition for infants and is a vector involved in
the transfer of bioactive compounds and cells. Milk contains abundant quantities of …

Maternal and infant infections stimulate a rapid leukocyte response in breastmilk

F Hassiotou, AR Hepworth, P Metzger… - Clinical & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Breastmilk protects infants against infections; however, specific responses of breastmilk
immune factors to different infections of either the mother or the infant are not well …

Cells in human milk: state of the science

F Hassiotou, DT Geddes… - Journal of Human …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Reflecting millions of years of adaptation and optimization, milk is unique to the species that
produces it and for the young of which it is intended, with large variations in both lactation …

25 years of research in human lactation: from discovery to translation

DT Geddes, Z Gridneva, SL Perrella, LR Mitoulas… - Nutrients, 2021 - mdpi.com
Researchers have recently called for human lactation research to be conceptualized as a
biological framework where maternal and infant factors impacting human milk, in terms of …