Levels of innate immune factors in preterm and term mothers' breast milk during the 1st month postpartum

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1178-1193

  Trend, Stephanie ^a,b   Strunk, Tobias ^a,b,c   Lloyd, Megan L ^b   Kok, Chooi Heen ^a,c   Metcalfe, Jessica ^b   Geddes, Donna T ^b   Lai, Ching Tat ^b   Richmond, Peter ^b   Doherty, Dorota A ^d   Simmer, Karen ^a,b,c   Currie, Andrew ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Immunity; Lactation; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA DEFENSIN 1; BETA DEFENSIN 2; CD14 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTOFERRIN; LYSOZYME; PROTEIN; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; DEFENSIN; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; COLOSTRUM; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INNATE IMMUNITY; LACTATION; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL INFECTION; MATURE MILK; MILK PRODUCTION; PARITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PUERPERIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRANSITIONAL MILK; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREMATURITY; SOLUBILITY; TERM BIRTH;

ANTIGENS, CD14; COLOSTRUM; DEFENSINS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKINS; LACTATION; LACTOFERRIN; MILK, HUMAN; MURAMIDASE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREMATURE BIRTH; SOLUBILITY; TERM BIRTH; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 84960808137     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114516000234     Document Type: Article

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