Transfer of Maternal Immune Cells by Breastfeeding: Maternal Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Present in Breast Milk Localize in the Peyer’s Patches of the Nursed Infant

Allison Cabinian; Daniel Sinsimer; May Tang; Osvaldo Zumba; Hetali Mehta; Annmarie Toma; Derek Sant’Angelo; Yasmina Laouar; Amale Laouar

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0156762

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Transfer of Maternal Immune Cells by Breastfeeding: Maternal Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Present in Breast Milk Localize in the Peyer’s Patches of the Nursed Infant

Allison Cabinian ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Allison Cabinian, Daniel Sinsimer

Affiliation The Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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Daniel Sinsimer ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Allison Cabinian, Daniel Sinsimer

Affiliation The Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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May Tang,

Affiliation The Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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Osvaldo Zumba,

Affiliation The Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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Hetali Mehta,

Affiliation The Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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Annmarie Toma,

Affiliation The Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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Derek Sant’Angelo,

Affiliation The Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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Yasmina Laouar ,

* E-mail: laouaram@rwjms.rutgers.edu (AL); ylaouar@umich.edu (YL)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
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Amale Laouar

* E-mail: laouaram@rwjms.rutgers.edu (AL); ylaouar@umich.edu (YL)

Affiliation The Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America
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Transfer of Maternal Immune Cells by Breastfeeding: Maternal Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Present in Breast Milk Localize in the Peyer’s Patches of the Nursed Infant

Allison Cabinian,
Daniel Sinsimer,
May Tang,
Osvaldo Zumba,
Hetali Mehta,
Annmarie Toma,
Derek Sant’Angelo,
Yasmina Laouar,
Amale Laouar

Published: June 10, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0156762

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