Physiological secretion of chemokines in human breast milk

INTRODUCTION At birth, the neonatal mammal is exposed to a wide range of infectious agents and foreign antigens. Mammals are first fed with maternal secretions which have been demonstrated to deliver specific immune protection in the form of antibodies and a range of non-specific defense mechanisms such as iron-binding proteins. Mammalian milk also contains large numbers of viable leukocytes, including neutrophils, monocytes [...]