Enrique Chacón-Cruz¹* and Eduardo Antonio Lara-Pérez²

¹Independent Researcher/Consultant in Houston, Texas, USA and the Institute for Global Health, University of Siena, Italy
²Pediatrician, Retired from IMSS, Full Academician (Mexican Academy of Pediatrics) President and CEO of the Medical Fraternity for Health A.C. "Doctors United for Mexico"

*Corresponding Author: Enrique Chacón-Cruz, Independent Researcher/Consultant in Houston, Texas, USA and the Institute for Global Health, University of Siena, Italy.

Received: March 15, 2023; Published: November 27, 2023

Abstract

As an evolutionary process acknowledging all its countless benefits, human milk (HM), has led to many types of studies: experimental (in vitro and in vivo), cohorts, etc., all with outcomes consistent on infant’s protection. HM effects as neuroprotective, anti-infective, promotor of infant’s development, and many more are known by everyone. The primary aim of this review is to inform the reader about this property in HM: Anti-inflammation. The document starts with a brief anthropological/historical glance of this property, following with in vitro and in vivo experimental studies done both in experimental animals, as well as in human cells, with emphasis on studies done by one of the co-authors. At the end, is expected that the reader recognizes HM anti-inflammatory effects as essential in the protection process of the infant against both infectious and non-infectious injuries, as well as to finally understand the leading mechanisms of action of HM anti-inflammation, such as its effects on neutrophils (polarization, phagocytosis, intra and extracellular response to calcium), on other inflammatory cells, interleukins, among others.

Keywords: Anti-Inflammatory; Human Milk, Breastfeeding

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Citation

Citation: Enrique Chacón-Cruz and Eduardo Antonio Lara-Pérez. “Anti-Inflammatory Properties of Human Milk, An Ancient but Novel Concept".Acta Scientific Paediatrics 6.10 (2023): 44-48.

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