Abstract |
Breast milk samples were collected from 152 women during the first week after delivery. The levels of IgG and IgA antibodies to beta-lactoglobulin, ovalbumin and gliadin were assessed with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The breast milk antibody levels did not differ significantly between mothers on a strictly cow's milk and egg-free diet, and mothers taking these foods. Moreover, the colostral food antibody levels did not differ significantly between atopic and non-atopic mothers. Neither was there any correlation between the colostral antibody levels and the development of atopic disease in the baby. I conclude that maternal antigen avoidance during late pregnancy does not affect the food antibody levels in colostrum. High levels of food antibodies in a colostrum sample seem not to offer protection against food allergy in the child.
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Authors | K Fälth-Magnusson |
Journal | International archives of allergy and applied immunology
(Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol)
Vol. 90
Issue 3
Pg. 297-300
( 1989)
ISSN: 0020-5915 [Print] Switzerland |
PMID | 2592118
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Lactoglobulins
- Ovalbumin
- Gliadin
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Topics |
- Animals
- Colostrum
(immunology)
- Diet
- Food Hypersensitivity
(immunology)
- Gliadin
(immunology)
- Humans
- Hypersensitivity
(immunology)
- Infant
- Infant, Newborn
- Lactoglobulins
(immunology)
- Milk
(immunology)
- Milk, Human
(immunology)
- Ovalbumin
(immunology)
- Prospective Studies
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