Breast milk represents the gold standard for neonatal nutrition,especially for preterm and term infants with a low birthweight.This awareness is based not only on the nutritional properties of human milk,which is spec...Breast milk represents the gold standard for neonatal nutrition,especially for preterm and term infants with a low birthweight.This awareness is based not only on the nutritional properties of human milk,which is specifically designed for the growth of humans but also on breast milk’s non-nutritional properties,such as protection against infection.In fact,breast milk should be considered a heterogeneous ecosystem,including a wide range of cells in addition to those involved in immune function;growth factors,such as vascular endothelial growth factor;multiple noncoding microRNAs;immune cells;epithelial cells and multipotent mesenchymal stem cells.This recent identification of a pool of progenitor stem cells in human milk is the driving force behind the growing research aimed at identifying the nature of these stem/progenitor cells and their sources.展开更多
文摘Breast milk represents the gold standard for neonatal nutrition,especially for preterm and term infants with a low birthweight.This awareness is based not only on the nutritional properties of human milk,which is specifically designed for the growth of humans but also on breast milk’s non-nutritional properties,such as protection against infection.In fact,breast milk should be considered a heterogeneous ecosystem,including a wide range of cells in addition to those involved in immune function;growth factors,such as vascular endothelial growth factor;multiple noncoding microRNAs;immune cells;epithelial cells and multipotent mesenchymal stem cells.This recent identification of a pool of progenitor stem cells in human milk is the driving force behind the growing research aimed at identifying the nature of these stem/progenitor cells and their sources.
