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SUBMITTER: Lukasik A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5795987 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
International journal of molecular sciences 20171223 1
Breast milk is a natural food and important component of infant nutrition. Apart from the alimentary substances, breast milk contains many important bioactive compounds, including endogenous microRNA molecules (miRNAs). These regulatory molecules were identified in various mammalian biological fluids and were shown to be mostly packed in exosomes. Recently, it was revealed that plant food-derived miRNAs are stably present in human blood and regulate the expression of specific human genes. Since ...[more]