Lactose in Human Breast Milk an Inducer of Innate Immunity with Implications for a Role in Intestinal Homeostasis

• Andreas Cederlund ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Andreas Cederlund, Ylva Kai-Larsen

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Ylva Kai-Larsen ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Andreas Cederlund, Ylva Kai-Larsen

  * E-mail: ylva.kai-larsen@ki.se

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Gordana Printz,

  Affiliation Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Hiroyuki Yoshio,

  Affiliation Department of Neonatology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, Miyamae-ku Sugao, Kawasaki, Japan

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• Gunvor Alvelius,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Hugo Lagercrantz,

  Affiliation Department of Woman and Child Health, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Roger Strömberg,

  Affiliation Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Hans Jörnvall,

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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• Gudmundur H. Gudmundsson ,

  ¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Institute of Biology, Biomedical Center, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland

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• Birgitta Agerberth

  ¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

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