Abstract
Breast milk and colostrum are the first feeding sources for a child, providing nutrients, growth factors and immunological components, which are crucial for the newborn’s correct development and health. Length of exclusive breastfeeding and time of solid foods introduction is a key factor that may influence allergy development. There is an emerging evidence of a relationship between breastfeeding, milk composition and lower risk of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension and allergies. This review examines current evidence regarding humoral and cellular characteristics of breast-milk, and potential role of environment, maternal diet and breastfeeding on the allergy development in children.
Keywords: Allergy, atopy, breast-milk, breastfeeding, cytokines, environment, immunoglobulin, nutrients.
Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets
Title:Breast-Milk Characteristics Protecting Against Allergy
Volume: 14 Issue: 1
Author(s): Federica Minniti, Pasquale Comberiati, Daniel Munblit, Giorgio L. Piacentini, Elisa Antoniazzi, Laura Zanoni, Attilio L. Boner and Diego G. Peroni
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Keywords: Allergy, atopy, breast-milk, breastfeeding, cytokines, environment, immunoglobulin, nutrients.
Abstract: Breast milk and colostrum are the first feeding sources for a child, providing nutrients, growth factors and immunological components, which are crucial for the newborn’s correct development and health. Length of exclusive breastfeeding and time of solid foods introduction is a key factor that may influence allergy development. There is an emerging evidence of a relationship between breastfeeding, milk composition and lower risk of chronic diseases, such as diabetes, obesity, hypertension and allergies. This review examines current evidence regarding humoral and cellular characteristics of breast-milk, and potential role of environment, maternal diet and breastfeeding on the allergy development in children.
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Minniti Federica, Comberiati Pasquale, Munblit Daniel, Piacentini L. Giorgio, Antoniazzi Elisa, Zanoni Laura, Boner L. Attilio and Peroni G. Diego, Breast-Milk Characteristics Protecting Against Allergy, Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets 2014; 14 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871530314666140121145045
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1871530314666140121145045 |
Print ISSN 1871-5303 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 2212-3873 |
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