Human breast milk is considered the optimum feeding regime for newborn infants due to its
ability to provide complete nutrition and many bioactive health factors. Breast feeding is …

Iodine is a micronutrient needed for the production of thyroid hormones, which regulate
metabolism, growth, and development. Iodine deficiency or excess may alter the thyroid …

Abstract The Na+/I− symporter (NIS) is an integral plasma membrane glycoprotein that
mediates active I− transport into the thyroid follicular cells, the first step in thyroid hormone …

The presence of drugs or other potentially toxic materials in milk is an obvious public health
risk, especially to infants and neonates. There is also increasing concern that human breast …

Milk is a unique and complete nutritive source for the mammal neonate, also providing
immune protection and developmental signals. Lactation is a complex process, proper to the …

Extrathyroidal cancers could potentially be targeted with 131I, if the Na+/I− symporter (NIS)
were functional. Using immunohistochemical methods we probed 1278 human samples with …

Radioiodine whole-body scintigraphy (WBS), which takes advantage of the high avidity of
radioiodine in the functioning thyroid tissues, has been used for detection of differentiated …

Expression of the sodium iodide symporter (NIS) is required for efficient iodide uptake in
thyroid and lactating breast. Since most differentiated thyroid cancer expresses NIS, β …

Micronutrients, mostly iodine and selenium, are required for thyroid hormone synthesis and
function. Iodine is an essential component of thyroid hormones and its deficiency is …

Iodine is essential for normal growth, mental development, and survival of infants. The main
source of iodine for breastfeeding infants is the iodine found in human milk. Despite the …