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- From: gcouger@olesun.okstate.edu (Gordon Couger)
- Subject: Re: Lymphocytes (or just immunoglobulins) in breast milk?
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- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 02:35:30 GMT
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- In article <lgrql#g@lynx.unm.edu> bhjelle@carina.unm.edu () writes:
- >In article <1992Nov22.221042.10787@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> sfm@manduca.neurobio.arizona.edu (Stephen Matheson) writes:
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- >Lymphocytes are found in low numbers in breast milk. Colostrum
- >is particularly lymphocyte-rich, containing up to 10e6/ml.
- >They are not known to perform any useful function when
- >transferred to the infant, however. There is only partial
- >MHC compatibility between mother and infant, and that might
- >reduce the effectiveness of baby's antigen-presenting cells
- >at presenting antigen to mom's lymphocytes.
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- >Brian
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- I am not sure about humans but I am certain that Colostrum in
- farm animals transfers immunity from the mother to the
- offspring. This can only happen during the first few hours after
- birth before gut closure occurs. Until recently a calf that
- was not able nurse its mother and get the colostrum was a dead
- calf. With the antibiotics available today it is possible to raise calves
- that have not received colostrum from their mothers.
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- Gordon Couger
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