Human milk is important to the nutrition and immunological defense of human infants and is a valuable and often overlooked food. Breastfeeding provides ideal nutrition for child development. It is considered the first line of defense of the newborn because it is rich in soluble cellular components such as lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, cells, and hormones, nurturing protection against gastrointestinal and respiratory infections. Breastfeeding is also an efficient and economical way to promote maternal and child health and be a safe and natural way of feeding newborns, while providing protection against a wide range of infectious and non-infectious diseases.
Research using epidemiological and laboratory analysis has reported the use of human milk and the advantages of breastfeeding for infant feeding. This includes health-related but also nutritional, psychological, social, economic, environmental, and immunological benefits. Several countries have issued policy statements on breastfeeding and the use of human milk. Advances have occurred in both science and clinical medicine. However, there are still various gaps in the knowledge surrounding the benefits of the immune components of human milk, both for children and mothers. In the last ten years, the Web of Science Clarivate Analytical works involving human milk totaled 20,234. Of these, only 669 are directly linked to immunology, showing the need for visibility of this very relevant and still under studied topic.
This topic aims at three fronts to stimulate publications in the field:
1) Basic science topics for understanding milk immunophysiology; Cellular and Molecular
Biology, Biochemistry, Nutrition, Microbiology, Chronobiological Parasitology
2) Scientific topics for the medical field to understand the immunophysiology of milk;
Pathology, Pediatrics, Allergy, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Reproductive Biology, Infectious
diseases, Tropical Remedy, Oncology
3) Topics in therapy for understanding the immunophysiology of milk; Nanoscience
Nanotechnology, Materials science, Biomaterials, Pharmacology
Human milk is important to the nutrition and immunological defense of human infants and is a valuable and often overlooked food. Breastfeeding provides ideal nutrition for child development. It is considered the first line of defense of the newborn because it is rich in soluble cellular components such as lipids, carbohydrates, proteins, cells, and hormones, nurturing protection against gastrointestinal and respiratory infections. Breastfeeding is also an efficient and economical way to promote maternal and child health and be a safe and natural way of feeding newborns, while providing protection against a wide range of infectious and non-infectious diseases.
Research using epidemiological and laboratory analysis has reported the use of human milk and the advantages of breastfeeding for infant feeding. This includes health-related but also nutritional, psychological, social, economic, environmental, and immunological benefits. Several countries have issued policy statements on breastfeeding and the use of human milk. Advances have occurred in both science and clinical medicine. However, there are still various gaps in the knowledge surrounding the benefits of the immune components of human milk, both for children and mothers. In the last ten years, the Web of Science Clarivate Analytical works involving human milk totaled 20,234. Of these, only 669 are directly linked to immunology, showing the need for visibility of this very relevant and still under studied topic.
This topic aims at three fronts to stimulate publications in the field:
1) Basic science topics for understanding milk immunophysiology; Cellular and Molecular
Biology, Biochemistry, Nutrition, Microbiology, Chronobiological Parasitology
2) Scientific topics for the medical field to understand the immunophysiology of milk;
Pathology, Pediatrics, Allergy, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Reproductive Biology, Infectious
diseases, Tropical Remedy, Oncology
3) Topics in therapy for understanding the immunophysiology of milk; Nanoscience
Nanotechnology, Materials science, Biomaterials, Pharmacology