2024
Contaminant Exposure Profiles Demonstrate Similar Physiological Effects Across Environments Despite Unique Profile Composition in Formosa, Argentina, and Connecticut, USA
Chaney C, Mansilla L, Kubica M, Pinto‐Pacheco B, Dunn K, Bertacchi V, Walker D, Valeggia C. Contaminant Exposure Profiles Demonstrate Similar Physiological Effects Across Environments Despite Unique Profile Composition in Formosa, Argentina, and Connecticut, USA. American Journal Of Human Biology 2024, e24178. PMID: 39463098, DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.24178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInfant urineChemical exposure profilesExposure profilesEnvironmental contaminationAssociated with alterationsExposure to environmental contaminantsCardiovascular disease riskExposed to contaminantsEnvironmental contaminant exposureUntargeted liquid chromatographyCombinations of contaminantsStatistically significant differenceMaternal urineMother-infant dyadsExposome-wide association studyHuman milk samplesEndogenous metabolitesInfant cognitive developmentContaminant exposureContamination profilesSignificant differenceInfant exposureStudy sitesHuman healthUrine
2015
Illness in breastfeeding infants relates to concentration of lactoferrin and secretory Immunoglobulin A in mother’s milk
Breakey A, Hinde K, Valeggia C, Sinofsky A, Ellison P. Illness in breastfeeding infants relates to concentration of lactoferrin and secretory Immunoglobulin A in mother’s milk. Evolution Medicine And Public Health 2015, 2015: 21-31. PMID: 25608691, PMCID: PMC4334701, DOI: 10.1093/emph/eov002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSymptoms of illnessSecretory immunoglobulin AImmune compoundsElevated lactoferrinImmunoglobulin APeriod of illnessConcentration of lactoferrinMother-infant dyadsSubsequent monthsGastrointestinal symptomsImmune compositionInfant illnessInfant healthIllness symptomsMother's milkHuman milkIllness dataSymptomsIllnessInfantsImmune proteinsMonthsLactoferrinSIgAMilk