Breastmilk as a Source of Lactocytes

University of Hohenheim

Status: Completed

Conditions: Micronutrients; Breastmilk Collection

Treatments: Other: Collection of breastmilk

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05857345

Breastmilk

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study is to determine the suitability of lactocytes derived from human breast milk for gene expression analysis, and to explore whether there are any correlations between gene expression and the micronutrient composition of breast milk.

Full description

Participants will be included in the study if they are willing to express milk and if their child is between 2 weeks and 6 months old. Participants' feeding practices (exclusive breastfeeding/non-exclusive breastfeeding) and micronutrient supplementation will be recorded. On the day of donation, child's age, the health status of both the mother and child (sick/not sick), the time of sample collection, and the number of feeding sessions that have taken place since midnight will be recorded.

Enrollment: 10 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Willingness to express breastmilk
• Breastfed infant aged between 2 weeks and 6 months

Exclusion criteria

• Not willing to express breastmilk
• Infant older or younger than specified

Trial design

10 participants in 1 patient group

Lactating individuals

Description:

Lactating adults (age \>= 18) with children aged 2 weeks to 6 month

Treatment:

Other: Collection of breastmilk