Evidence map›Paper›PMID 12463735›Full record

ReviewJournal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia2002

Engineering immunity in the mammary gland.

Andreas F Kolb

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Review in Journal of mammary gland biology and neoplasia, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Tackling mastitis in dairy cows.Nature biotechnology · 2005
    Article
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Andreas F KolbCell Physiology Group, Hannah Research Institute, Ayr, Scotland KA6 5HL, United Kingdom. kolba@hri.sari.ac.uk

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The major physiological function of milk is the transport of amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, and minerals to mammalian offspring. However, milk is also a rich collection of antimicrobial substances, which provide protection against pathogenic infections. These molecules safeguard the integrity of the lactating mammary gland, but also provide protection for the suckling offspring during a time when its immune system is still immature. The protective substances can be classified into two categories: 1) nonspecific defense substances, which provide innate immunity, and 2) molecules such as antibodies, which provide adaptive immunity and are directed against specific pathogens. The antimicrobial potency of milk has not been a target for farm animal breeding in the past, and present day ruminants provide suboptimal levels of antimicrobial substances in milk. Altered breeding regimes, pharmacological intervention, and transgenesis can be utilized to improve the antimicrobial properties of milk. Such alterations of milk composition have implications for human and animal health.

Indexed as

AnimalsGenetic EngineeringHumansImmunityMammary Glands, AnimalMilk

Identifiers

PMID12463735
PMCPMC7088332

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