Breastfeeding Behaviors and the Innate Immune System of Human Milk: Working Together to Protect Infants against Inflammation, HIV-1, and Other Infections

Breastfeeding Behaviors and the Innate Immune System of Human Milk: Working Together to Protect Infants against Inflammation, HIV-1, and Other Infections

The majority of infants’ breastfeeding from their HIV-infected mothers do not acquire HIV-1 infection despite exposure to cell-free virus and cell-associated virus in HIV-infected breast milk. Paradoxically, exclusive breastfeeding regardless of the HIV status of the mother has led to a significant...

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Main Authors: Bethany M. Henrick, Xiao-Dan Yao, Laila Nasser, Ava Roozrogousheh, Kenneth L. Rosenthal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
breast milk
breastfeeding behaviors
HIV-1
human breast milk stem cells
human milk oligosaccharides
innate immune bioactive factors
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2017.01631/full

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