Human milk cells contain numerous miRNAs that may change with milk removal and regulate multiple physiological processes.
Alsaweed M., Lai C.T., Hartmann P.E., Geddes D.T., Kakulas F. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 17:956: 1-21 (2016) | Download
Milk miRNAs: Simple nutrients or systemic functional regulators?
Melnik B.C., Kakulas F., Geddes D.T., Hartmann P.E., John S.M., Carrera-Bastos P., Cordain L., Schmitz G. Nutrition & Metabolism 13:42: 1-5 (2016) | Download
Human milk cells and lipids conserve numerous known and novel miRNAs, some of which are differentially expressed during lactation
Alsaweed, M., Lai, C.T., Hartmann, P.E., Geddes, D.T., Kakulas, F. PLoS One 11: 1-23 (2016) | Download
Human milk miRNAs primarily originate from the mammary gland resulting in unique miRNA profiles of fractionated milk
Alsaweed, M., Lai, C. T., Hartmann, P. E., Geddes, D. T., Kakulas, F. Sci Rep 6: 20680 (2016) | Download
MicroRNAs in Breastmilk and the Lactating Breast: Potential Immunoprotectors and Developmental Regulators for the Infant and the Mother
Alsaweed, M., Hartmann, P. E., Geddes, D. T., Kakulas, F. Int J Environ Res Public Health 12: 13981-4020 (2015) | Download
Novel feeding system to promote establishment of breastfeeds after preterm birth: a randomized controlled trial
K Simmer, C Kok, K Nancarrow, A R Hepworth and D T Geddes. Journal of Perinatology doi: 10.1038/jp.2015.184: 1-6 (10 December 2015) | Download
Breastfeeding expectations
Kent JC. Infant 11(3): 78-82 (2015)
Pluripotency genes and their functions in the normal and aberrant breast and brain.
Seymour T., Twigger A.-J., Kakulas F. International Journal of Molecular Sciences (2015)
MicroRNAs in breastmilk and the lactating breast: Potential immunoprotectors and developmental regulators for the infant and the mother.
Alsaweed M., Hartmann P.E., Geddes D.T., Kakulas F. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 12: 13981-14020 (2015) | Download
Immune cell-mediated protection of the mammary gland and the infant during breastfeeding.
Hassiotou F, Geddes DT. Advances in Nutrition 6(3): 267-275 (2015)