Mechanisms of maternal diet-induced obesity affecting the offspring brain and development of affective disorders

DE Radford-Smith, DC Anthony - Metabolites, 2023 - mdpi.com
Depression and metabolic disease are common disorders that share a bidirectional
relationship and continue to increase in prevalence. Maternal diet and maternal behaviour …

[HTML][HTML] The Influence of Maternal Lifestyle Factors on Human Breast Milk Microbial Composition: A Narrative Review

I Bianco, C Ferrara, F Romano, F Loperfido… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Human breast milk (HBM) is considered the gold standard for infant nutrition due to its
optimal nutrient profile and complex composition of cellular and non-cellular components …

[HTML][HTML] Networks of human milk microbiota are associated with host genomics, childhood asthma, and allergic sensitization

ZY Fang, SA Stickley, A Ambalavanan, Y Zhang… - Cell Host & Microbe, 2024 - cell.com
The human milk microbiota (HMM) is thought to influence the long-term health of offspring.
However, its role in asthma and atopy and the impact of host genomics on HMM composition …

Human cytomegalovirus in breast milk is associated with milk composition and the infant gut microbiome and growth

KE Johnson, N Hernandez-Alvarado… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Human cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a highly prevalent herpesvirus that is often transmitted to
the neonate via breast milk. Postnatal CMV transmission can have negative health …

Outcomes in very preterm infants receiving an exclusive human milk diet, or their own mother's milk supplemented with preterm formula

M Chehrazi, J Lanoue, K Ougham, B Moss… - Early Human …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Background An infant's Own Mother's Milk (OMM) is the mainstay of very preterm
nutrition. When a supplement is required, preterm formula and pasteurised human donor …

Gestational age at birth influences protein and RNA content in human milk extracellular vesicles

B Vahkal, I Altosaar, E Tremblay… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Human milk extracellular vesicles (HM EVs) are proposed to protect against disease
development in infants. This protection could in part be facilitated by the bioactive EV cargo …

[PDF][PDF] Maternal Milk Orchestrates the Development of Infant Gut Microbiota: Implications for Health and Future Research Directions

F Ren, S Sun, R Wang, J Chen - Research, 2025 - spj.science.org
Human breast milk serves as a vital source of nutrition for infants and it also plays a critical
role in sha** the infant gut microbiota and establishing intestinal homeostasis. This …

Unlocking the genetic influence on milk variation and its potential implication for infant health

C Nussbaum, S Kim-Hellmuth - Cell Genomics, 2024 - cell.com
Human milk has long been recognized for its critical role in infant and maternal health. In this
issue of Cell Genomics, Johnson et al. 1 apply a human genetics and genomics approach to …

[HTML][HTML] Assembly, stability, and dynamics of the infant gut microbiome are linked to bacterial strains and functions in mother's milk

M Allert, P Ferretti, KE Johnson, T Heisel, S Gonia… - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The establishment of the gut microbiome in early life is critical for healthy infant
development. Although human milk is recommended as the sole source of nutrition for the …

Interactions of human milk oligosaccharides with the immune system

AS Slater, RM Hickey, GP Davey - Frontiers in Immunology, 2025 - frontiersin.org
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are abundant, diverse and complex sugars present in
human breast milk. HMOs are well-characterized barriers to microbial infection and by …