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Comprehensive profiles of human milk oligosaccharides yield highly sensitive and specific markers for determining secretor status in lactating mothers.
Journal of proteome research - 7 Dec 2012
Totten Sarah M, Zivkovic Angela M, Wu Shuai, Ngyuen UyenThao, Freeman Samara L, Ruhaak L Renee, Darboe Momodou K, German J Bruce, Prentice Andrew M, Lebrilla Carlito B
Abstract excerpt
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), as an abundant and bioactive component of breast milk, work in many ways to promote the health of breast fed infants. The expression of HMOs has been shown to vary in accordance with Lewis blood type and secretor status, as women of different blood types differ in the expression of α1,2 fucosyltransferase (FUT2) and α1,3/4 fucosyltransferase (FUT3). In this study, HMOs were...
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