Effect of prostaglandins on tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase activity in rat submandibular salivary glands

Kasinathan, Chinnaswamy; Sundaram, R.; William, S

doi:10.1016/0306-3623(94)00224-b

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“…Cytokines and antiinflammatory factors secretory IgA, IgM, IgG (Norhagen et al 1989) lactoferrin (Tenovuo 1989) lysozyme (Tenovuo 1989) complement components (Andoh et al 1997) leucocytes (Wright 1959) lipids and fatty acids (Tenovuo 1989) antiviral mucins, GAGs (Shugars 1999) oligosaccharides (Rosenblum et al 1988) thiocyanate (breastmilk: Kirk et al 2007;saliva: Schultz et al 1996) tumour necrosis factor (Pezelj-Ribaric et al 2004) interleukins (Dugue et al 1996) interferon-g (Sfriso et al 2003) prostaglandins (Kasinathan et al 1995) platelet-activating factor: acetyl hydrolase (Ribaldi et al 1998) Hormones Growth factors insulin (Marchetti et al 1986) prolactin (Vining & McGinley 1986) thyroid hormones (Vining & McGinley 1986) corticosteroids: ACTH (Lowe & Dixon 1983) oxytocin (Carter et al 2007) epidermal (EGF) (Kagami et al 2000) nerve (NGF) (Kagami et al 2000) insulin-like (IGF) (Kagami et al 2000) transforming (TGF) (Kagami et al 2000) taurine (Soderling et al 2002) polyamines (Venza et al 2001) Digestive enzymes Transporters amylase ( Tenovuo 1989) esterase (Tenovuo 1989) lipases (Tenovuo 1989) † lactoferrin (Fe) (Komine et al 2007) folate binder (Verma & Antony 1992) cobalamin binder (Hippe 1972) corticosteroid binder (Gröschl et al 2008) *Breastmilk factors, except for thiocyanat...…”

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Premastication: the second arm of infant and young child feeding for health and survival?

Pelto¹,

Zhang²,

Habicht³

2010

Maternal &Amp; Child Nutrition

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Premastication of foods for infants was a crucial behavioural adaptation to neoteny that ensured nutritional adequacy during the period of complementary feeding throughout the course of human evolution until recent times.While the paps and gruels of agricultural systems provided an alternative and modern food technology appears to make it unnecessary, we argue that, in addition to its role in nutrition, premastication also played a crucial role in supporting infant health. Its abandonment, particularly in poor communities, has placed children at increased risk of inadequate nutrition and decreased ability to confront infections associated with the introduction of complementary foods.We present two empirical studies. Section I is a cross-cultural study of the ethnographic literature in order to estimate prevalence in non-Western societies.One-third of ethnographies in the worldwide sample with data on infant feeding report premastication. Section II presents the results of a qualitative study in China, conducted in order to provide data on the likelihood that this percent is incorrect due to under-reporting.The finding that 63% of Chinese university students received premasticated food as infants, whereas none of eight ethnographic studies performed in Han China identified premastication in their reports, provides support for the conclusion that the cross-cultural study grossly underestimates its prevalence in non-Western societies. Section III is a discussion of potential benefits and risks of infant exposure to maternal saliva.We conclude with the argument for a concerted research effort to determine whether premastication can solve not only the 'weanling dilemma' in poor countries but also some of the health problems among the better-off.

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