Assessment of gut intraepithelial lymphocytes during late gestation and the neonatal period
Intraepithelial lymphocyte counts (IEL % enterocytes) were diceal mucosa of 39 neonates, aged from birth to 28 days. Cor-Neonates relations between IEL counts and developmental factors, namely gestational age, birth weight and intrauterine growth, as well as neonatal infections or feeding state were...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 1994 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UNESP |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/230885 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000244125 http://hdl.handle.net/11449/230885 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Enteral feeding Gut Intraepithelial lymphocytes Neonates Ontogeny |
| Sumario: | Intraepithelial lymphocyte counts (IEL % enterocytes) were diceal mucosa of 39 neonates, aged from birth to 28 days. Cor-Neonates relations between IEL counts and developmental factors, namely gestational age, birth weight and intrauterine growth, as well as neonatal infections or feeding state were performed. No significant differences were observed among neonates grouped according to birth weight, intrauterine growth or neonatal infections. The pattern of feeding, however was associated with significantly higher IEL counts (p < 0.02) in the ileum in oral/enterally fed neonates than in the unfed or parenterally fed. Full-term neonates also had higher counts in the ileum (p < 0.02). In this group, oral/enterally fed neonates had the higher values. Thus, besides in utero development, the pattern of feeding might be considered as an important modulating factor on IEL postnatal expansion. © 1994 S. Karger AG, Basel. |
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