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Breast Milk for Term and Preterm Infants—Own Mother’s Milk or Donor Milk?

Hormones are important biological regulators, controlling development and physiological processes throughout life. We investigated pituitary hormones such as follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), prolactin (PRL) and total protein levels during the first 6 months of lactation....

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Autores principales: Vass, Réka A., Kiss, Gabriella, Bell, Edward F., Roghair, Robert D., Miseta, Attila, Bódis, József, Funke, Simone, Ertl, Tibor
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7912320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33525560
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13020424
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author Vass, Réka A.
Kiss, Gabriella
Bell, Edward F.
Roghair, Robert D.
Miseta, Attila
Bódis, József
Funke, Simone
Ertl, Tibor
author_facet Vass, Réka A.
Kiss, Gabriella
Bell, Edward F.
Roghair, Robert D.
Miseta, Attila
Bódis, József
Funke, Simone
Ertl, Tibor
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description Hormones are important biological regulators, controlling development and physiological processes throughout life. We investigated pituitary hormones such as follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), prolactin (PRL) and total protein levels during the first 6 months of lactation. Breast milk samples were collected every fourth week of lactation from mothers who gave birth to preterm (n = 14) or term (n = 16) infants. Donor milk is suggested when own mother’s milk is not available; therefore, we collected breast milk samples before and after Holder pasteurization (HoP) from the Breast Milk Collection Center of Pécs, Hungary. Three infant formulas prepared in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the University of Pécs were tested at three different time points. Our aim was to examine the hormone content of own mother’s milk and donor milk. There were no significant changes over time in the concentrations of any hormone. Preterm milk had higher PRL (28.2 ± 2.5 vs. 19.3 ± 2.3 ng/mL) and LH (36.3 ± 8.8 vs. 15.9 ± 4.1 mIU/L) concentrations than term milk during the first 6 months of lactation. Total protein and FSH concentrations did not differ between preterm and term breast milk. Holder pasteurization decreased the PRL concentration (30.4 ± 1.8 vs. 14.4 ± 0.6 ng/mL) and did not affect gonadotropin levels of donor milk. Infant formulas have higher total protein content than breast milk but do not contain detectable levels of pituitary hormones. Differences were detected in the content of pituitary hormones produced for preterm and term infants. Divergence between feeding options offers opportunities for improvement of nutritional guidelines for both hospital and home feeding practices.
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spelling pubmed-79123202021-02-28 Breast Milk for Term and Preterm Infants—Own Mother’s Milk or Donor Milk? Vass, Réka A. Kiss, Gabriella Bell, Edward F. Roghair, Robert D. Miseta, Attila Bódis, József Funke, Simone Ertl, Tibor Nutrients Article Hormones are important biological regulators, controlling development and physiological processes throughout life. We investigated pituitary hormones such as follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), prolactin (PRL) and total protein levels during the first 6 months of lactation. Breast milk samples were collected every fourth week of lactation from mothers who gave birth to preterm (n = 14) or term (n = 16) infants. Donor milk is suggested when own mother’s milk is not available; therefore, we collected breast milk samples before and after Holder pasteurization (HoP) from the Breast Milk Collection Center of Pécs, Hungary. Three infant formulas prepared in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of the University of Pécs were tested at three different time points. Our aim was to examine the hormone content of own mother’s milk and donor milk. There were no significant changes over time in the concentrations of any hormone. Preterm milk had higher PRL (28.2 ± 2.5 vs. 19.3 ± 2.3 ng/mL) and LH (36.3 ± 8.8 vs. 15.9 ± 4.1 mIU/L) concentrations than term milk during the first 6 months of lactation. Total protein and FSH concentrations did not differ between preterm and term breast milk. Holder pasteurization decreased the PRL concentration (30.4 ± 1.8 vs. 14.4 ± 0.6 ng/mL) and did not affect gonadotropin levels of donor milk. Infant formulas have higher total protein content than breast milk but do not contain detectable levels of pituitary hormones. Differences were detected in the content of pituitary hormones produced for preterm and term infants. Divergence between feeding options offers opportunities for improvement of nutritional guidelines for both hospital and home feeding practices. MDPI 2021-01-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7912320/ /pubmed/33525560 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13020424 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Roghair, Robert D.
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Bódis, József
Funke, Simone
Ertl, Tibor
Breast Milk for Term and Preterm Infants—Own Mother’s Milk or Donor Milk?
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title_full Breast Milk for Term and Preterm Infants—Own Mother’s Milk or Donor Milk?
title_fullStr Breast Milk for Term and Preterm Infants—Own Mother’s Milk or Donor Milk?
title_full_unstemmed Breast Milk for Term and Preterm Infants—Own Mother’s Milk or Donor Milk?
title_short Breast Milk for Term and Preterm Infants—Own Mother’s Milk or Donor Milk?
title_sort breast milk for term and preterm infants—own mother’s milk or donor milk?
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7912320/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33525560
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13020424
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