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Transfer of Maternal Leukocytes to the Infant by Human Milk
Human milk contains a complex immune system that consists not only of a host of soluble direct-acting antimicrobial agents (GOLDMAN and SMITH 1973), anti-in-flammatory factors (GOLDMAN et al. 1986), and immunomod...
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Characterizing the polymeric immunoglobulin binding region of human secretory component
Secretory component (SC), an integral membrane receptor located on the basolateral face of secretory epithelial cells, transports polymeric immunoglobulins (PIg) into external secretions. The ectoplasmic porti...
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The Effect of Feeding Human Milk on the Development of Immunity in Low Birth Weight Infants
Epidemiologic evidence suggests that infants fed cow’s milk rather than maternal milk have a higher frequency and severity of infectious, allergic, and possibly other inflammatory diseases of the gastrointesti...