Direct evidence for the presence of human milk oligosaccharides in the circulation of breastfed infants.

BACKGROUND: It has been hypothesized that human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) confer systemic health benefits to breastfed infants; however, plausible mechanisms for some effects, such as systemic immunomodulation, require HMOs to access the bloodstream of the developing infant. While small concentra...

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Main Authors: Karen C Goehring, Adam D Kennedy, Pedro A Prieto, Rachael H Buck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4085000?pdf=render