title: Human milk contains granulocyte colony stimulating factor.
abstract: Human milk provides the neonate with a variety of balanced nutrients and contains biologically active molecules such as hormones and growth factors. We have utilized a sensitive enzyme immunoassay to detect the granulocyte stimulator, granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) in human milk samples. The 12 milk samples tested contained G-CSF ranging from 45 to 1551 pg/ml.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster at Coleraine, UK.
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Gilmore
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: McKelvey-Martin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rutherford
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Strain
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loane
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kell
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Millar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D007774:Lactation; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry*; D010298:Parity
chemical_list: D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor