TY - JOUR AU - Pichiri, Giuseppina AU - Lanzano, Daniele AU - Piras, Monica AU - Dessì, Angelica AU - Reali, Alessandra AU - Puddu, Melania AU - Noto, Antonio AU - Fanos, Vassilios AU - Coni, Carlo AU - Faa, Gavino AU - Coni, Pierpaolo PY - 2016/04/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Human breast milk stem cells: a new challenge for perinatologists JF - Journal of Pediatric and Neonatal Individualized Medicine (JPNIM) JA - J Pediatr Neonat Individual Med VL - 5 IS - 1 SE - DO - 10.7363/050120 UR - https://jpnim.com/index.php/jpnim/article/view/050120 SP - e050120 AB - <p>The lactating mammary gland contains a stem cells population with multilineage potentialities. Recently it was also shown that breast milk contains a heterogeneous population of stem cells that have the potential to differentiate <em>in vitro</em>, under the control of specific differentiation conditions, into mammary epithelial as well as into adipogenic, chondrogenic and osteogenic cell lineages. While the different types of cells present in the milk is known, what is less understood is the proportion of different milk cell types, their significance for the mother and the infant and factors influencing them.</p><p>In this manuscript we summarize some of the latest knowledge from <em>in vivo</em> and <em>in vitro</em> investigations on breast milk stem cells, we discuss their potential functions and applications and we present some of our preliminary data obtained in fresh human breast milk cells.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Proceedings of the 2<sup>nd</sup> International Course on Perinatal Pathology </strong><strong>(part of the 11<sup>th</sup> International Workshop on Neonatology · October 26<sup>th</sup>-31<sup>st</sup>, 2015) · Cagliari (Italy) · October 31<sup>st</sup>, 2015 · <em>Stem cells: present and future </em></strong><br /><strong>Guest Editors: Gavino Faa, Vassilios Fanos, Antonio Giordano</strong></p> ER -