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Breast Milk: Components with Immune Modulating Potential and Their Possible Role in Immune Mediated Disease Resistance

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Breast milk contains several interesting immune modulating components with specific modulating potentials, which are known to have a clear role in immune mediated disease resistance later in life. The development and deterioration of our immune defenses show differences as well as similarities in immunological challenges throughout life. Each phase in life puts specific requirements on nutrition, although no clear statement can be made based on literature as to what the exact dietary requirements are in order to fully support the immune system during life.

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  1. Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS), University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Belinda van’t Land PHD

  2. Danone Research Centre for Specialisied Nutrition, 6700, PH, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Belinda van’t Land PHD

  3. Danone Research – Centre for Specialised Nutrition, Friedrichsdorf, GermanySophia Children’s Hospital, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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  4. Immunopharmacology of Nutrition, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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  5. Department of Pharmacology and Pathophysiology, Utrecht University, Wageningen, The Netherland

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  6. Director Platform Immunology, Danone Research Centre for Specialised Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherland

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van’t Land, B., Boehm, G., Garssen, J. (2010). Breast Milk: Components with Immune Modulating Potential and Their Possible Role in Immune Mediated Disease Resistance. In: Watson, R., Zibadi, S., Preedy, V. (eds) Dietary Components and Immune Function. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-061-8_2

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