Association of Maternal Probiotic Supplementation With Human Milk Oligosaccharide Composition

Antti E Seppo; Anna K Kukkonen; Mikael Kuitunen; Erkki Savilahti; Chloe Yonemitsu; Lars Bode; Kirsi M Järvinen

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.4835

Association of Maternal Probiotic Supplementation With Human Milk Oligosaccharide Composition

JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Mar 1;173(3):286-288. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2018.4835.

Authors

Antti E Seppo¹, Anna K Kukkonen², Mikael Kuitunen³, Erkki Savilahti³, Chloe Yonemitsu^{4

5}, Lars Bode^{4

5}, Kirsi M Järvinen¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
² Skin and Allergy Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
³ Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, University of California, San Diego.
⁵ Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation Mother-Milk-Infant Center of Research Excellence, University of California, San Diego.

Abstract

This study assesses the differences in composition of human milk oligosaccharides of mothers who received either probiotic supplements or placebos in the late stages of pregnancy.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adult
Breast Feeding*
Colostrum / chemistry
Dietary Supplements*
Double-Blind Method
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Milk, Human / chemistry*
Oligosaccharides / analysis*
Probiotics / pharmacology*
Time Factors

Substances

Oligosaccharides

Grants and funding

R03 AI122126/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States