Breastfeeding and Autoimmunity: A Lesson for Life

Vânia Vieira Borba; Kassem Sharif; Yehuda Shoenfeld

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-814307-0.00028-1

Breastfeeding and Autoimmunity: A Lesson for Life

Vânia Vieira Borba^*, Kassem Sharif, Yehuda Shoenfeld

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Abstract

Diet is one of the most important environmental exposures in early life. Breast milk is not only a completely adapted nutrition source for the newborn but also an impressive array of immune active molecules that afford protection against infections and shape mucosal immune responses. Decisive imprinting events might be modulated during the first months of life with potential health long-term effects, enhancing the importance of breastfeeding as a major influence on the immune system correct development and modifying disease susceptibility. Current scientific evidence supports the beneficial role of breastfeeding in several immune-mediated diseases, although a few exact pathways are yet to be elucidated.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Mosaic of Autoimmunity
Subtitle of host publication	The Novel Factors of Autoimmune Diseases
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	279-287
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128143087
ISBN (Print)	9780128143070
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-814307-0.00028-1
State	Published - 13 Feb 2019

Keywords

Autoimmune diseases
Breastfeeding
Human milk
Microbiome
Prolactin
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Tolerance

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