 Lactation
"Lactation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The processes of milk secretion by the maternal MAMMARY GLANDS after PARTURITION. The proliferation of the mammary glandular tissue, milk synthesis, and milk expulsion or let down are regulated by the interactions of several hormones including ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; and OXYTOCIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D007774
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G08.686.702.500 G08.686.785.420
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| Concept/Terms |
Lactation, Prolonged- Lactation, Prolonged
- Lactations, Prolonged
- Prolonged Lactation
- Prolonged Lactations
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| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Lactation" by people in Profiles.
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Munch EM, Harris RA, Mohammad M, Benham AL, Pejerrey SM, Showalter L, Hu M, Shope CD, Maningat PD, Gunaratne PH, Haymond M, Aagaard K. Transcriptome profiling of microRNA by Next-Gen deep sequencing reveals known and novel miRNA species in the lipid fraction of human breast milk. PLoS One. 2013; 8(2):e50564.
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Nielsen SU, Rump R, Højrup P, Roepstorff P, Spener F. Differentiational regulation and phosphorylation of the fatty acid-binding protein from rat mammary epithelial cells. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1994 Mar 03; 1211(2):189-97.
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Wolinsky I, Sherman AR. Maternal and neonatal tissue lysozyme levels: effects of iron nutriture in rats. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1979 Nov; 162(2):369-73.
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Sherman AR, Guthrie HA, Wolinsky I. Interrelationships between dietary iron and tissue zinc and copper levels and serum lipids in rats. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1977 Dec; 156(3):396-401.
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