Insights into the trafficking of human leukocytes to colostrum evidences a modulation of the B lymphocyte compartment in obesity

• Published in: bioRxiv
• Main Authors: Pineiro-Salvador, Raul, Vazquez-Garza, Eduardo, Cruz-Cardenas, José Antonio, De Jesus Garcia-Rivas, Gerardo, Moreno-Vásquez, Jorge, Licona-Cassani, Cuauhtemoc, Alcorta-Garcia, Mario Renee, Lara-Diaz, Victor Javier, Brunck, Marion E G
• Format: Paper
• Language: English
• Published: Cold Spring Harbor Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press 20.11.2021
• Subjects: Body mass index; CD16 antigen; CD45 antigen; Colostrum; Flow cytometry; Immune system; Leukocyte migration; Leukocytes (granulocytic); Leukocytosis; Lymphocytes B; Lymphoid cells; Monocytes; Mothers; Obesity; Peripheral blood; Phenotypes

Breastmilk is a dynamic fluid which initial goal is to provide the most adapted nutrition to the neonate. Additional functions have been recently attributed to breastmilk, with the evidence of a specific microbiota and the presence of a variety of components of the immune system, such as cytokines a...