Proteolytic Systems in Milk: Perspectives on the Evolutionary Function within the Mammary Gland and the Infant

Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 133-147

  Dallas, David C ^a   Murray, Niamh M ^b   Gan, Junai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Digestion; Mammary gland; Milk; Protease; Protease activator; Protease inhibitor

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; CATHEPSIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN; CYTOSOL AMINOPEPTIDASE; ELASTASE; KALLIKREIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MILK PROTEIN; PLASMIN; THROMBIN; TRYPSIN; ENZYME; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SERINE PROTEINASE;

BREAST EPITHELIUM CELL; BREAST MILK; DIGESTION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFANT; LACTATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MAMMARY GLAND FUNCTION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PREMATURITY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; TERM BIRTH; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; MAMMARY GLAND; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION (PROCESS); TRANSCYTOSIS;

ANIMALS; DIGESTION; ENZYMES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, PREMATURE; LACTATION; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MILK, HUMAN; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEASE INHIBITORS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRANSCYTOSIS;

EID: 84947034235     PISSN: 10833021     EISSN: 15737039     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10911-015-9334-3     Document Type: Review

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