Breast milk from healthy women has higher anti-Candida properties than women with vaginal infections during pregnancy

• Main Authors: Nisaa, Azka Ainun, Oon, Chern-Ein, Sreenivasan, Sasidharan, Balakrishnan, Venugopal, Tan, Jun Jie, Teh, Cindy Shuan Ju, Sany, Salina, Todorov, Svetoslav Dimitrov, Liu, Guoxia, Park, Yong-Ha, Liong, Min-Tze
• Format: Article
• Published: Korean Society Food Science & Technology 2023
• Subjects: Q Science (General); R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/39551/

The aim of this study was to investigate the different immunological and antimicrobial properties of breast milk from women with (W) or without (WO) vaginal yeast infections during pregnancy in 85 lactating women (W, n = 43; WO, n = 42). Concentrations of IL-10, IgA, IgM, IgG, EGF, and TGF-alpha wer...