From Mum to Bum: An Observational Study Protocol to Follow Digestion of Human Milk Oligosaccharides and Glycoproteins from Mother to Preterm Infant

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 13; no. 10; p. 3430
• Main Authors: Henderickx, Jannie G. E., d’Haens, Esther J., Hemels, Marieke A. C., Schoorlemmer, Mariëtte E., Giezen, Astrid, van Lingen, Richard A., Knol, Jan, Belzer, Clara
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 28.09.2021; MDPI
• Subjects: Age; Babies; Breast milk; Breastfeeding & lactation; Carbohydrate analysis; Carbohydrates; Digestion; Digestive system; Enzymes; Gastrointestinal system; Gastrointestinal tract; Gestation; Glycoproteins; human milk; Immune system; infant; Infants; Intestinal microflora; Metabolism; microbiome; Microbiota; Milk; Mothers; Neonates; Newborn babies; Nutrients; nutrition; Nutritional requirements; Nutritive value; Observational studies; Oligosaccharides; Premature babies; preterm; Proteins; Proteomics; rRNA 16S; Sample size; Netherlands

The nutritional requirements of preterm infants are challenging to meet in neonatal care, yet crucial for their growth, development and health. Aberrant maturation of the gastrointestinal tract and the microbiota could affect the digestion of human milk and its nutritional value considerably. Theref...