Margaret C Neville, Ellen W Demerath, Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook, Russell C Hovey, Jayne Martin-Carli, Mark A McGuire, Edward R Newton, Kathleen M Rasmussen, Michael C Rudolph, Daniel J Raiten
The goal of Working Group 1 in the Breastmilk Ecology: Genesis of Infant Nutrition (BEGIN) Project was to outline factors influencing biological processes governing human milk secretion and to evaluate our current knowledge of these processes. Many factors regulate mammary gland development in utero, during puberty, in pregnancy, through secretory activation, and at weaning. These factors include breast anatomy, breast vasculature, diet, and the lactating parent's hormonal milieu including estrogen, progesterone, placental lactogen, cortisol, prolactin, and growth hormone...
April 2023: American Journal of Clinical Nutrition