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ArticleEuropean journal of nutrition2013

Influence of breastfeeding versus formula feeding on lymphocyte subsets in infants at risk of coeliac disease: the PROFICEL study.

Tamara Pozo-Rubio, Amalia Capilla, Jorge R Mujico, Giada de Palma, Ascensión Marcos, Yolanda Sanz, Isabel Polanco, Maria Dolores García-Novo, Gemma Castillejo, Carmen Ribes-Koninckx and 5 more

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Article in European journal of nutrition, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects ofNutrients · 2019
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  2. Infant feeding and criticality in children.Nursing in critical care · 2025
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  4. Celiac disease: should we care about microbes?American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2019
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  5. Mechanisms by which gut microorganisms influence food sensitivities.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2019
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15 authors at 12 institutions in 1 country.

Tamara Pozo-RubioDepartment of Metabolism and Nutrition, Institute of Food Science, Technology and Nutrition (ICTAN), Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), Madrid, Spain.
Amalia Capilla
Jorge R Mujico
Giada de Palma
Ascensión Marcos
Yolanda Sanz
Isabel Polanco
Maria Dolores García-Novo
Gemma Castillejo
Carmen Ribes-Koninckx
Vicente Varea
Francesc Palau
Luis Ortigosa
Luis Peña-Quintana
Esther Nova
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas · ESCentre for Biomedical Network Research on Rare Diseases · ESHospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús · ESHospital Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona · ESHospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe · ESHospital Universitario La Paz · ESHospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria · ESInstituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos · ESInstituto de Biomedicina de Valencia · ESInstituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Alimentos y Nutrición · ESUniversidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria · ESUniversidad Rovira i Virgili · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeIn addition to genetic risk, environmental factors might influence coeliac disease (CD) development. We sought to assess the effect of the interaction between milk-feeding practices and the HLA-DQ genotype on peripheral lymphocyte subsets and their activation markers in infants at familial risk for CD.

methods170 newborns were classified in 3 different genetic risk groups (high risk, HR; intermediate risk, IR; and low risk, LR) after DQB1 and DQA1 typing. Lymphocyte subsets were studied at the age of 4 months by flow cytometry analysis.

results79 infants were receiving exclusive breastfeeding (BF) and 91 partial breastfeeding or formula feeding (FF). Regarding genetic risk, 40 infants were classified in HR group, 75 in IR group and 55 in LR group. Two-way ANOVA did not show significant interactions between the type of milk feeding and genetic risk group on the lymphocyte subsets analysed. One-way ANOVA for milk-feeding practice alone showed that the percentage of CD4 + CD25+ cells was significantly higher in BF group than in FF group (BF, 10.92 ± 2.71; FF, 9.94 ± 2.96; p = 0.026), and absolute counts of CD4 + CD38+ cells were significantly higher in FF group than in BF group (FF, 2,881.23 ± 973.48; BF, 2,557.95 ± 977.06; p = 0.038). One-way ANOVA for genetic risk alone showed that absolute counts of NK cells were significantly higher in IR group than HR and LR groups (IR, 539.24 ± 340.63; HR, 405.01 ± 239.53; LR, 419.86 ± 262.85; p = 0.028).

conclusionLymphocyte subset profiles in the early stages of life could be modulated by milk-feeding practices and genetic risk separately. Breastfeeding might have a positive immunomodulatory effect on lymphocyte subsets in infants at risk of CD.

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Breast FeedingInfant FormulaAnalysis of VarianceCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesCeliac DiseaseHLA-DQ AntigensHumansInfantKiller Cells, NaturalLymphocyte SubsetsRisk FactorsHLA-DQ Antigens

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