High levels of growth factors in human breast milk

Ritsuyo Kobata; Hirokazu Tsukahara; Yusei Ohshima; Naoko Ohta; Shuko Tokuriki; Satoshi Tamura; Mitsufumi Mayumi

doi:10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.07.005

High levels of growth factors in human breast milk

Early Hum Dev. 2008 Jan;84(1):67-9. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.07.005. Epub 2007 Aug 22.

Authors

Ritsuyo Kobata¹, Hirokazu Tsukahara, Yusei Ohshima, Naoko Ohta, Shuko Tokuriki, Satoshi Tamura, Mitsufumi Mayumi

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Fukui, Fukui, Japan.

PMID: 17716837
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.07.005

Abstract

We found very high concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor, hepatic growth factor, and epidermal growth factor in early breast milk samples obtained from healthy mothers of term infants. This is the first report of simultaneous measurements of three major gastrointestinal trophic substances in human milk.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Epidermal Growth Factor / analysis*
Female
Hepatocyte Growth Factor / analysis*
Humans
Milk, Human / chemistry*
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / analysis*

Substances

HGF protein, human
VEGFA protein, human
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A
Epidermal Growth Factor
Hepatocyte Growth Factor