Although Escherichia coli can be an innocuous resident of the gastrointestinal tract, it also
has the pathogenic capacity to cause significant diarrheal and extraintestinal diseases …

In the critical phase of immunological immaturity of the newborn, particularly for the immune
system of mucous membranes, infants receive large amounts of bioactive components …

Vaccines are the most effective tool to control infectious diseases, which provoke significant
morbidity and mortality rates. Most vaccines are administered through the parenteral route …

revised September 18, 2006: accepted September 19, 2006): and colostrum are rich in
proteins and peptides which play a crucial role in development of the immune system in …

▪ Abstract Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) is a gram-negative bacterial pathogen
that adheres to human intestinal epithelial cells, resulting in watery, persistent diarrhea. It …

Milk and colostrum is a rich source of proteins/peptides which have crucial roles in both
neonates and adults. Milk bioactive proteins and peptides are potential health-enhancing …

Background: Human milk peptides released by gastrointestinal proteases have been
identified with bioactivities that can benefit the infant but must first reach their respective sites …

Human milk constitutes a secretion with unique functions of both nourishing the nursling and
providing protection against enteric and respiratory infections, mainly due to its content of …

Maternal obesity is associated with metabolic changes in mothers and higher risk of obesity
in the offspring. Obesity in breastfeeding mothers appears to influence human milk …

There is a lack of information highlighting the possible association between the genomic
subtypes of enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC) on environmental enteric dysfunction …