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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL RESEARCH IN PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages 192-201Publisher
GALENOS YAYINCILIK
DOI: 10.4274/jcrpe.1531
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Adipokines; breast milk; infant
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Epidemiological surveys indicate that nutrition in infancy is implicated in the long-term tendency to obesity and that a longer duration of breastfeeding is associated with a protective effect against metabolic disorders later in life. However, the precise cause of this association is not well understood. Recent studies on the compounds present in human breast milk have identified various adipokines, including leptin, adiponectin, resistin, obestatin, nesfatin, ghrelin and apelins. Some of these compounds are involved in the regulation of food intake and energy balance. The presence of these adipokines in breast milk suggests that they may be responsible for the regulation of growth in early infancy and that they could influence the energy balance and development of metabolic disorders in childhood and adulthood.
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