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Maternal fatty acid desaturase genotype correlates with infant immune responses at 6 months.
The British journal of nutrition - 28 Sept 2015
Muc Magdalena, Kreiner-Møller Eskil, Larsen Jeppe M, Birch Sune, Brix Susanne, Bisgaard Hans, Lauritzen Lotte
Abstract excerpt
Breast milk long-chain PUFA (LCPUFA) have been associated with changes in early life immune responses and may modulate T-cell function in infancy. We studied the effect of maternal fatty acid desaturase (FADS) genotype and breast milk LCPUFA levels on infants' blood T-cell profiles and ex vivo-produced cytokines after anti-CD3/CD28 stimulation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells in 6-month-old infants from the...
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