Breast milk cell components and its beneficial effects on neonates: need for breast milk cell banking
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2017), Articles
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2017)

Breast milk cell components and its beneficial effects on neonates: need for breast milk cell banking

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https://doi.org/10.7363/060115
Published 2017-01-30
Pankaj Kaingade
Department of Biochemistry, P.D. Patel Institute of Applied Sciences, Charotar University of Science and Technology, Changa, Gujarat, India; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pristine Women’s Hospital, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
Indumathi Somasundaram
Department of Stem cell and Regenerative Medicine, D.Y. Patil University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
Amar Nikam
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pristine Women’s Hospital, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
Padmanav Behera
Department of Biochemistry and Stem cell research, National Institute of Nutrition (ICMR), Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Sachin Kulkarni
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pristine Women’s Hospital, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
Jagdish Patel
Department of Biochemistry, P.D. Patel Institute of Applied Sciences, Charotar University of Science and Technology, Changa, Gujarat, India
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Keywords

breast milk
preterm and term infants
stem cells
cell constituents
growth factors
breast milk banking

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Kaingade, P., Somasundaram, I., Nikam, A., Behera, P., Kulkarni, S., & Patel, J. (2017). Breast milk cell components and its beneficial effects on neonates: need for breast milk cell banking. Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine (JPNIM), 6(1), e060115. https://doi.org/10.7363/060115
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Abstract

Universal breastfeeding has been a stated policy of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the World Health Organization as well as UNICEF. Human milk is considered as the gold standard for infants owing to its colossal nutritional values. However, the presence of various cellular components of breast milk have been gaining more attention in recent years since the first discovery of mammary stem cells in 2007, thereby providing a ray of hope not only for growth and immunity of the neonate but also an insight into its regenerative applicability. In this relation, this article summarizes the cell components of breast milk that have been identified to date. It highlights the beneficial effects of these cells for term and preterm delivered infants along with the need for breast milk and its cell banking.
https://doi.org/10.7363/060115
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