Gene expression in breastmilk cells is associated with maternal and infant characteristics

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Twigger, Alecia Jane ^a   Hepworth, Anna R ^a   Tat Lai, Ching ^a   Chetwynd, Ellen ^b   Stuebe, Alison M ^b   Blancafort, Pilar ^a,b   Hartmann, Peter E ^a   Geddes, Donna T ^a   Kakulas, Foteini ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 14; CYTOKERATIN 5; ESRRB PROTEIN, HUMAN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LACTALBUMIN; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADULT; BREAST MILK; CELL LINEAGE; CYTOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MALE; MAMMARY GLAND; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEM CELL;

ADULT; CELL LINEAGE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KERATIN-14; KERATIN-5; LACTALBUMIN; LACTATION; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MILK, HUMAN; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; STEM CELLS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84938947718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12933     Document Type: Article

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