Sentences with phrase «milk epidermal»
Milk Epidermal Growth Factor and Gut Protection.
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Increased epidermal growth factor levels in human milk of mothers with extremely premature infants.
Findings of the research, published April 22 in the journal Mucosal Immunology, reveal that a substance found in animal and human breast milk called epidermal growth factor, or EGF, blocks the activation of a protein responsible for unlocking the damaging immune cascade that culminates in NEC, a disease marked by the swift and irreversible death of intestinal tissue that remains one of the most - challenging - to - treat conditions.
Peptide growth factors are constantly present in the gastrointestinal tract, being secreted by glands; for example, Epidermal Growth Factor (EGF) from the salivary glands, or ingested in foodstuffs such as milk and colostrum.