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The aim of this systematic review was to summarize concentrations of human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) in the Chinese population. We searched articles originally published in both Chinese and English. When compiling data, lactation was categorized into five stages. We found that 6′-sialyllactose, lacto-N-tetraose, and lacto-N-neotetraose decreased over lactation. Conversely, 3′-fucosyllactose increased over lactation. Our study represents the first systematic review to summarize HMO concentrations in Chinese population. Our findings not only provide data on HMO profiles in Chinese population but suggest future directions in the study of the metabolism of HMOs.

The aim of the present study is to identify human milk pattern using multi-omics datasets and to explore association between patterns, infant growth, and allergy using data from the Chinese Human Milk Project (CHMP) study. Methods and Results: Three patterns are identified from integrative analysis of proteome, lipidome, and glycome profiles of 143 mature human milk samples. Factor 1 is positively associated with 128 proteins, phospholipids, and human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) including lacto N-neohexaose (LNnH) and lacto-N-difucohexaose II (LNDFH II); factor 2 is negatively associated with as 1 -casein, phospholipids while positively associates with HMOs including LNnH, lactosialyl tetrasaccharide c (LSTc), and 2'-fucosyllactose (2'FL); factor 3 is positively associated with lysophospholipids while negatively associates with 27 proteins, triglycerides with two saturated fatty acids, 6'-sialyllactose (6'SL) and 2'FL. In general, factor 1 and factor 2 are associated with slower while factor 3 is associated with faster growth rate (p < 0.044). One unit higher in loadings of factor 2 is associated with 34% lower risk of allergies (p ≤ 0.017). Associations are not significant after adjustment for city except for factor 1. Conclusions: Three possible human milk patterns with varying degree of stability are identified. Future work is needed to understand these patterns in terms of generalization, biologic mechanisms, and genotype influences.

This study was conducted to determine the optimum active site of acidic phytase in the gastrointestinal tract of channel catfish. The pH value, acidic phytase activity, resistance of acidic phytase against gastrointestinal protease, substrate availability, and enzymatic reaction products were measured in different gastrointestinal sections of channel catfish, respectively. The results indicated that in the whole gastrointestinal tract, only the pH value of stomach (4.2-4.7) lied in the optimum active pH range of acidic phytase (1.5-5.5). The resistant ability of acidic phytase against proteases in different sections of the gastrointestinal tract was comparable, and the highest activity of phytase was observed in the stomach compared with other gastrointestinal sections. Moreover, the highest concentration of soluble phytic acid as the substrate of phytase was also seen in the stomach. After feeding fish with the diet containing acidic phytase, the residual phytic acid in the stomach was significantly reduced. Correspondingly, the dietary addition of acidic phytase significantly improved the phosphorus absorption in the intestine. In short, this study verified that stomach is the optimum active site for acidic phytase in channel catfish, because it allows higher phytase activity and provides more soluble substrates of phytase than other gastrointestinal sections.