 Lactation
"Lactation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The processes of milk secretion by the maternal MAMMARY GLANDS after PARTURITION. The proliferation of the mammary glandular tissue, milk synthesis, and milk expulsion or let down are regulated by the interactions of several hormones including ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; and OXYTOCIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D007774
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.702.500 G08.686.785.420
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| Concept/Terms |
Lactation, Prolonged- Lactation, Prolonged
- Lactations, Prolonged
- Prolonged Lactation
- Prolonged Lactations
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| 1991 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1994 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2006 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2013 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2015 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lactation" by people in Profiles.
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Arriola KG, Oliveira AS, Ma ZX, Lean IJ, Giurcanu MC, Adesogan AT. A meta-analysis on the effect of dietary application of exogenous fibrolytic enzymes on the performance of dairy cows. J Dairy Sci. 2017 Jun; 100(6):4513-4527.
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Dingess KA, Valentine CJ, Ollberding NJ, Davidson BS, Woo JG, Summer S, Peng YM, Guerrero ML, Ruiz-Palacios GM, Ran-Ressler RR, McMahon RJ, Brenna JT, Morrow AL. Branched-chain fatty acid composition of human milk and the impact of maternal diet: the Global Exploration of Human Milk (GEHM) Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2017 01; 105(1):177-184.
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Murray CM, Stanton MA, Wellens KR, Santymire RM, Heintz MR, Lonsdorf EV. Maternal effects on offspring stress physiology in wild chimpanzees. Am J Primatol. 2018 01; 80(1).
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Zhao J, Xu W, Ross JW, Walters EM, Butler SP, Whyte JJ, Kelso L, Fatemi M, Vanderslice NC, Giroux K, Spate LD, Samuel MS, Murphy CN, Wells KD, Masiello NC, Prather RS, Velander WH. Engineering protein processing of the mammary gland to produce abundant hemophilia B therapy in milk. Sci Rep. 2015 Sep 21; 5:14176.
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Georgiev AV, Thompson ME, Mandalaywala TM, Maestripieri D. Oxidative stress as an indicator of the costs of reproduction among free-ranging rhesus macaques. J Exp Biol. 2015 Jul; 218(Pt 13):1981-5.
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Nimbalkar S, Vasa RK. Changes in preterm breast milk composition with advancing infant age. Indian Pediatr. 2014 Dec; 51(12):966-7.
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Berry DP, Coyne J, Coughlan B, Burke M, McCarthy J, Enright B, Cromie AR, McParland S. Genetics of milking characteristics in dairy cows. Animal. 2013 Nov; 7(11):1750-8.
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Graziano S, Murphy D, Braginsky L, Horwitz J, Kennedy V, Burkett D, Kenton K. Assessment of bowel function in the peripartum period. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2014 Jan; 289(1):23-7.
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Namachivayam K, Blanco CL, Frost BL, Reeves AA, Jagadeeswaran R, MohanKumar K, Safarulla A, Mandal P, Garzon SA, Raj JU, Maheshwari A. Preterm human milk contains a large pool of latent TGF-ß, which can be activated by exogenous neuraminidase. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2013 Jun 15; 304(12):G1055-65.
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Hou N, Huo D, Olopade OI. Protective effect of longstanding lactation and reproductive factors: a case-control study in North Tanzania. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2012 Aug; 134(3):1349-51.
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