Dietary Human Milk Oligosaccharides but Not Prebiotic Oligosaccharides Increase Circulating Natural Killer Cell and Mesenteric Lymph Node Memory T Cell Populations in Noninfected and Rotavirus-Infected Neonatal Piglets [Biochemical, Molecular, and Genetic Mechanisms]

Conclusions: Dietary HMOs were more effective than prebiotics in altering systemic and gastrointestinal immune cells in pigs. These altered immune cell populations may mediate the effects of dietary HMOs on rotavirus infection susceptibility.

Source: Journal of Nutrition - June 1, 2017 Category: Nutrition Authors: Comstock, S. S., Li, M., Wang, M., Monaco, M. H., Kuhlenschmidt, T. B., Kuhlenschmidt, M. S., Donovan, S. M. Tags: Research Need: Role of Nutrition in Health Maintenance Biochemical, Molecular, and Genetic Mechanisms Source Type: research