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Intestinal permeability changes during the first month: effect of natural versus artificial feeding.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8583288     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of age and feeding pattern on intestinal permeability during the first month of life. The subjects were 72 full-term, healthy neonates who were (a) exclusively breast-fed (BF group, n = 36) or (b) artificially fed (CM group, n = 36) with either an adapted formula (AF group, n = 17) or a partly hydrolyzed (hypoantigenic) formula (HA group, n = 19). A lactulose/mannitol (lac/man) intestinal permeability test was performed at 1 and 7 days (steady-state method, n = 72), then at 30 days of life (single oral load, n = 47). Urinary lactulose and mannitol were measured by HPLC. The mean lac/man urinary ratio dropped from 1.27 +/- 0.73 (day 1) to 0.34 +/- 0.36 at day 7 and to 0.22 +/- 0.21 at day 30. At 7 days BF infants showed a significantly lower lac/man urinary ratio (0.22 +/- 0.25) than the CM group (0.47 +/- 0.41). The human neonate shows a developmental pattern of sugar intestinal permeability that resembles gut closure observed in other mammals. Intestinal permeability decreases faster in breast-fed babies than in those fed with adapted or HA formulas.
Authors:
C Catassi; A Bonucci; G V Coppa; A Carlucci; P L Giorgi
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition     Volume:  21     ISSN:  0277-2116     ISO Abbreviation:  J. Pediatr. Gastroenterol. Nutr.     Publication Date:  1995 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1996-03-19     Completed Date:  1996-03-19     Revised Date:  2008-11-21    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8211545     Medline TA:  J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  383-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, University of Ancona, Italy.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Breast Feeding*
Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid
Humans
Infant Food*
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena*
Infant, Newborn
Intestines / growth & development,  physiology*
Lactulose / diagnostic use,  urine
Mannitol / diagnostic use,  urine
Permeability
Reference Values
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
4618-18-2/Lactulose; 69-65-8/Mannitol

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