title: Effect of breast milk and weaning on epithelial growth of the small intestine in humans.
abstract: Breast feeding and weaning are important physiologically significant luminal events that influence the growth of the small intestine in humans. A variety of factors including genetic preprogramming, systemic and local hormones, and permissive factors contribute and modulate intestinal growth. Here, we offer a view that integrates some of these factors, especially those relating to breast feeding and weaning.
authors.affiliation: Bazil Hetzel Research Institute and the Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. adrian.cummins@nwahs.sa.gov.au
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Cummins
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001942:Breast Feeding; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000254:growth & development / Q000276:immunology; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000276:immunology; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008895:Milk, Human; D051381:Rats; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014886:Weaning
chemical_list: D006133:Growth Substances