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ArticleNutrients2021

Untargeted Metabolomic Analysis of Human Milk from Mothers of Preterm Infants.

Lila S Nolan, Angela N Lewis, Qingqing Gong, James J Sollome, Olivia N DeWitt, Robert D Williams, Misty Good

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Article in Nutrients, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Automated, targeted, NMR spectral profiling of human breast milk.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2026
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  2. Targeted metabolomics of organic and amino acids in giraffe milk during mid- to late-lactation.Metabolomics : Official journal of the Metabolomic Society · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Lila S NolanDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4185-2686
Angela N LewisDepartment of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA.
Qingqing GongDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
James J SollomeMetabolon, Inc., Morrisville, NC 27560, USA.
Olivia N DeWittDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Robert D WilliamsDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.
Misty GoodDepartment of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0264-5721
Washington University in St. Louis · USMetabolon (United States) · USSaint Louis University · US

Funding

Non-invasive analysis of methylated cell free DNA in necrotizing enterocolitisR01DK124614 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GOOD, MISTY L, PETERS, DAVID GERARD · 2021 to 2024
$2.5M
Neonatal gut-on-a-chip platform for high content drug testing and precision medicineR01HD105301 · NICHD · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GOOD, MISTY L, MAGNESS, SCOTT T · 2021 to 2024
$2.4M
Modulation of the Intestinal Immune Response in Necrotizing EnterocolitisR01DK118568 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GOOD, MISTY L · 2018 to 2022
$1.8M
Regulation of Intestinal Immunity by Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Signaling in Necrotizing EnterocolitisF32DK130248 · NIDDK · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI NOLAN, LILA · 2021 to 2022
$154k
American Academy of Pediatrics Marshall Klaus AwardChildren's Discovery Institute of Washington University and St. Louis Children's Hospital MI-FR-2017-596NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD105301NIDDK NIH HHS F32 DK130248NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK118568NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK124614NIH HHS F32DK130248NIH HHS R01DK118568NIH HHS R01DK124614St. Louis Children's Hospital Foundation DR-2019-727
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The application of metabolomics in neonatology offers an approach to investigate the complex relationship between nutrition and infant health. Characterization of the metabolome of human milk enables an investigation into nutrients that affect the neonatal metabolism and identification of dietary interventions for infants at risk of diseases such as necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). In this study, we aimed to identify differences in the metabolome of breast milk of 48 mothers with preterm infants with NEC and non-NEC healthy controls. A minimum significant difference was observed in the human milk metabolome between the mothers of infants with NEC and mothers of healthy control infants. However, significant differences in the metabolome related to fatty acid metabolism, oligosaccharides, amino sugars, amino acids, vitamins and oxidative stress-related metabolites were observed when comparing milk from mothers with control infants of ≤1.0 kg birth weight and >1.5 kg birth weight. Understanding the functional biological features of mothers' milk that may modulate infant health is important in the future of tailored nutrition and care of the preterm newborn.

Indexed as

MetabolomicsMothersAmino AcidsAmino SugarsBirth WeightEnergy MetabolismFatty AcidsFemaleGlycolysisHumansInfant, NewbornInfant, PrematureMaleMilk, HumanMultivariate AnalysisOligosaccharidesAmino AcidsAmino SugarsFatty AcidsOligosaccharidesbreast milkhuman milkmetabolitesmetabolomicsnecrotizing enterocolitisnewbornprematurity

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PMID34684605
PMCPMC8540315
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