Bioactive Components of Human Milk

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Bioactive Components of Human Milk....Pages 3-10
Human Milk and the Response of Intestinal Epithelium to Infection....Pages 11-30
Introduction to the Macy-György Award Lecture....Pages 31-33
MUC1 and MUC-X, Epithelial Mucins of Breast and Milk....Pages 35-45
Drug Transport Into Milk....Pages 47-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
Overview: Hormones and Growth Factors....Pages 59-60
The Transforming Growth Factors Beta in Development and Functional Differentiation of the Mouse Mammary Gland....Pages 61-70
Is Milk a Conduit for Developmental Signals?....Pages 71-77
Regulation of Cell Apoptosis by Insulin-Like Growth Factor I....Pages 79-85
Human Milk Contains Detectable Levels of Immunoreactive Leptin....Pages 87-92
Induction of Expression of Branched-Chain Aminotransferase and Alpha-Keto Acid Dehydrogenase in Rat Tissues During Lactation....Pages 93-99
A Low-Fat Diet but not Food Restriction Improves Lactational Performance in Obese Rats....Pages 101-106
Human Lactoferrin in the Milk of Transgenic Mice Increases Intestinal Growth in Ten-Day-Old Suckling Neonates....Pages 107-113
Growth Rates of a Human Colon Adenocarcinoma Cell Line are Regulated by the Milk Protein Alpha-Lactalbumin....Pages 115-120
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Overview: Milk Lipids....Pages 123-124
Assembly and Secretion of the Lipid Globules of Milk....Pages 125-136
Prolonged Breast-Feeding (Six Months or More) and Milk Fat Content at Six Months are Associated with Higher Developmental Scores at One Year of Age Within a Breast-Fed Population....Pages 137-141
Presence of Carotenoid, an Anticarcinogenic Marker, in Nipple Aspirates Postlactation....Pages 143-152
The Anticarcinogenic Conjugated Fatty Acid c9, t11-C18:2, or Rumenic Acid, in Human Milk....Pages 153-156
Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Concentrations in Human Hindmilk are Constant Throughout Twelve Months of Lactation....Pages 157-161
Front Matter....Pages 121-121
Parenteral Infusion of a Lactating Woman with Intralipid....Pages 163-168
Investigation of Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Metabolism in Lactating Women by Means of Stable Isotope Techniques....Pages 169-177
Structural and Functional Aspects of Three Major Glycoproteins of the Human Milk Fat Globule Membrane....Pages 179-187
Anti-Infectious Properties of the Human Milk Fat Globule Membrane....Pages 189-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Overview: Immunomodulatory and Anti-Inflammatory Agents....Pages 195-196
Homeostasis of the Mucosal Immune System....Pages 197-205
Anti-Inflammatory Characteristics of Human Milk....Pages 207-222
Development of a Topical Vaginal Microbicide....Pages 223-232
Does Human Lactoferrin in the Milk of Transgenic Mice Deliver Iron to Suckling Neonates?....Pages 233-239
Changes in Lactoferrin and Lysozyme Levels in Human Milk During the First Twelve Weeks of Lactation....Pages 241-247
The Association of Allergic Sensitization in Mother and Child in Breast-Fed and Formula-Fed Infants....Pages 249-255
Vesicular Transport of Soluble Substances into Mouse Milk....Pages 257-263
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Overview: Oligosaccharides and Other Protective Components....Pages 267-268
Glycoconjugates in Human and Transgenic Animal Milk....Pages 269-278
Mass Spectrometric Investigations of Human Milk Oligosaccharides....Pages 279-284
Human Milk Oligosaccharides....Pages 285-297
Detection of Four Human Milk Groups with Respect to Lewis-Bloodgroup-Dependent Oligosaccharides by Serologic and Chromatographic Analysis....Pages 299-306
Characterization of Oligosaccharides in Milk and Feces of Breast-Fed Infants by High-Performance Anion-Exchange Chromatography....Pages 307-314
Survival of Human Milk Oligosaccharides in the Intestine of Infants....Pages 315-323
Comparison of Oligosaccharides in Milk Specimens from Humans and Twelve Other Species....Pages 325-332
Front Matter....Pages 265-265
Human Milk Lipids Bind Shiga Toxin....Pages 333-339
Human Milk Antibacterial Factors....Pages 341-348
Front Matter....Pages 349-349
Overview: Conditionally Essential Nutrients: Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids....Pages 351-355
Overview: Conditionally Essential Nutrients: Can Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Nucleotides Qualify?....Pages 357-363
Biotherapeutic Agents and Disease in Infants....Pages 365-373
Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in Breast Milk....Pages 375-383
Specific IgA to Lactic Acid Bacteria in Feces of Children Consuming Milk Fermented by Yoghurt Symbiosis and Lactobacillus Casei (Danone Strain DN 114 001)....Pages 385-389
Are Breast-Fed Infants Vitamin K Deficient?....Pages 391-395
Long-Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (LC-PUFA) During Early Development....Pages 397-401
Gastric Proteolysis in Preterm Infants Fed Mother’s Milk or Formula....Pages 403-408
Macronutrients in Milk from Mothers Delivering Preterm....Pages 409-413
Amino Acid Intake During Lactation and Amino Acids of Plasma and Human Milk....Pages 415-421
Negative Balance of Calcium During Lactation in Marginally Nourished Women....Pages 423-429
Do Healthy Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants Fed on Their Own Mothers’ Milk Require Sodium Supplementation?....Pages 431-437
Front Matter....Pages 439-439
Overview: The Future of Research in Human Milk....Pages 441-446
From Bioactive Substances to Research on Breast-Feeding Promotion....Pages 447-455
Protective Role of Human Lactoferrin Against Invasion of Shigella Flexneri M90t....Pages 457-467
Binding of Transcobalamin II by Human Mammary Epithelial Cells....Pages 469-477
Diet, Growth, and Bone Mineralization in Premature Infants....Pages 479-483
Fat Content and Fatty Acid Composition of Fresh, Pasteurized, or Sterilized Human Milk....Pages 485-495
Front Matter....Pages 439-439
Lymphocyte Subpopulations in Breast-Fed and Formula-Fed Infants at Six Months of Age....Pages 497-504
Front Matter....Pages 505-505
Overview: Breast-Feeding, Xenobiotics, and Milk....Pages 507-507
Trends in Donor Milk Banking in the United States....Pages 509-517
Bacterial Toxins and Enteral Feeding of Premature Infants at Risk for Necrotizing Enterocolitis....Pages 519-527
Epidemiology of Breast-Feeding in Italy....Pages 529-533
Analysis of Casein using Two-Dimensional Electrophoresis, Western Blot, and Computer Imaging....Pages 535-539
Consumption of Lipophilic Contaminants in Human Milk by Infants....Pages 541-545
Active Transport of Nitrofurantoin into Rat Milk....Pages 547-552
Influence of Lysine on Cimetidine Uptake and on Excretion of Cimetidine by the Rat Mammary Gland....Pages 553-558
The Effect of Pasteurization on Transforming Growth Factor Alpha and Transforming Growth Factor Beta 2 Concentrations in Human Milk....Pages 559-566
Can Women Remember WhenTheir Milk Came in?....Pages 567-572
Glycosidase Activities and Sugar Release in Human Milk....Pages 573-577
Back Matter....Pages 579-592