Maternal milk regulation of cell infiltration and interleukin 18 in the intestine of suckling rat pups

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2003

Authors

Penttila, I. A.
Flesch, Inge
McCue, A. L.
Powell, Barry C
Zhou, F. H.
Read, L. C.
Zola, Heddy

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BMJ Publishing Group

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Background and aims: In neonates the gastrointestinal tract is exposed to food and bacterial antigens at a time when the gut mucosal immune system has not developed the ability to induce oral tolerance. This increases the risk for an inappropriate immune

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Keywords: B7 antigen; CD86 antigen; cytokine; food antigen; interleukin 18; messenger RNA; transforming growth factor beta; transforming growth factor beta2; animal experiment; animal tissue; article; breast feeding; breast milk; cell activation; cell infiltration;

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Gut

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2037-12-31