Human Milk Hyaluronan Enhances Innate Defense of the Intestinal Epithelium

Low Molecular Weight Hyaluronic Acid Increases the Self-Defense of Skin Epithelium by Induction of  -Defensin 2 via TLR2 and TLR4

(2014) S. Gariboldi et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Lactose in Human Breast Milk an Inducer of Innate Immunity with Implications for a Role in Intestinal Homeostasis

(2013) Andreas Cederlund et al.   PLoS One

Human milk oligosaccharides: Every baby needs a sugar mama

(2012) L. Bode   GLYCOBIOLOGY

The principal fucosylated oligosaccharides of human milk exhibit prebiotic properties on cultured infant microbiota

(2012) Zhuo-Teng Yu et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Specific-sized Hyaluronan Fragments Promote Expression of Human β-Defensin 2 in Intestinal Epithelium

(2012) David R. Hill et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The High and Low Molecular Weight Forms of Hyaluronan Have Distinct Effects on CD44 Clustering

(2012) Cuixia Yang et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Human Milk Mucin 1 and Mucin 4 Inhibit Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium Invasion of Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells In Vitro

(2012) Bo Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Influence of Milk-Feeding Type and Genetic Risk of Developing Coeliac Disease on Intestinal Microbiota of Infants: The PROFICEL Study

(2012) Giada De Palma et al.   PLoS One

The Application of Ecological Theory Toward an Understanding of the Human Microbiome

(2012) E. K. Costello et al.   SCIENCE

Hyaluronic acid is radioprotective in the intestine through a TLR4 and COX-2-mediated mechanism

(2011) Terrence E. Riehl et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY

Agarose and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis methods for molecular mass analysis of 5- to 500-kDa hyaluronan

(2011) Shardul Bhilocha et al.   ANALYTICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Bacteroides in the Infant Gut Consume Milk Oligosaccharides via Mucus-Utilization Pathways

(2011) Angela Marcobal et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Hyaluronan Facilitates Transforming Growth Factor-β1-dependent Proliferation via CD44 and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Interaction

(2011) Soma Meran et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Physiology of Consumption of Human Milk Oligosaccharides by Infant Gut-associated Bifidobacteria

(2011) Sadaki Asakuma et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

An Infant-associated Bacterial Commensal Utilizes Breast Milk Sialyloligosaccharides

(2011) David A. Sela et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Glycosaminoglycan Content in Term and Preterm Milk during the First Month of Lactation

(2011) Giovanni V. Coppa et al.   Neonatology

Hyaluronan as an Immune Regulator in Human Diseases

(2011) Dianhua Jiang et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Characterization of the Diversity and Temporal Stability of Bacterial Communities in Human Milk

(2011) Katherine M. Hunt et al.   PLoS One

Small hyaluronan oligosaccharides induce inflammation by engaging both toll-like-4 and CD44 receptors in human chondrocytes

(2010) Giuseppe M. Campo et al.   BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY

Defensins enable macrophages to inhibit the intracellular proliferation of Listeria monocytogenes

(2010) Eusondia Arnett et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

ATG16L1 and NOD2 Interact in an Autophagy-Dependent Antibacterial Pathway Implicated in Crohn's Disease Pathogenesis

(2010) Craig R. Homer et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Composition and structure elucidation of human milk glycosaminoglycans

(2010) G. V. Coppa et al.   GLYCOBIOLOGY

Roles of human β-defensins in innate immune defense at the ocular surface: arming and alarming corneal and conjunctival epithelial cells

(2010) Fabian Garreis et al.   HISTOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY

Stimulation of TLRs by LMW-HA induces self-defense mechanisms in vaginal epithelium

(2010) Giuseppina F Dusio et al.   IMMUNOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY

Oral Administration of High Molecular Weight Hyaluronan (900 kDa) Controls Immune System via Toll-like Receptor 4 in the Intestinal Epithelium

(2010) Akira Asari et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The Mucosal Immune System and Its Integration with the Mammary Glands

(2010) Per Brandtzaeg   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

Breast- v. formula-feeding: impacts on the digestive tract and immediate and long-term health effects

(2010) Isabelle Le Huërou-Luron et al.   NUTRITION RESEARCH REVIEWS

Delivery mode shapes the acquisition and structure of the initial microbiota across multiple body habitats in newborns

(2010) M. G. Dominguez-Bello et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Rheostatic signaling by CD44 and hyaluronan

(2009) Ellen Puré et al.   CELLULAR SIGNALLING

Regulation of Colonic Epithelial Repair in Mice by Toll-Like Receptors and Hyaluronic Acid

(2009) Ling Zheng et al.   GASTROENTEROLOGY

Enteric defensins are essential regulators of intestinal microbial ecology

(2009) Nita H Salzman et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Low-Molecular-Weight Hyaluronan Permeates through Human Intestinal Caco-2 Cell Monolayersviathe Paracellular Pathway

(2008) Nozomi HISADA et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Oligosaccharides from human milk induce growth arrest via G2/M by influencing growth-related cell cycle genes in intestinal epithelial cells

(2008) Sabine Kuntz et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Absorption, Uptake and Tissue Affinity of High-Molecular-Weight Hyaluronan after Oral Administration in Rats and Dogs

(2008) Lajos Balogh et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

Neonatal protection by an innate immune system of human milk consisting of oligosaccharides and glycans1

(2008) D. S. Newburg   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE