INFLUENCE OF ORAL LYSOZYME ADMINISTRATION ON SERUM IMMUNOGLOBULIN AND INTESTINAL SECRETORY IgA LEVELS IN INFANTS
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Acta Paediatrica
- Vol. 66 (6) , 709-712
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.1977.tb07976.x
Abstract
The influence of lysozyme feeding on the production of serum immunoglobulins [Ig] and intestinal secretory IgA was studied in full-term and premature infants, from birth up to the age 6 mo. Serum Ig were not influenced by lysozyme administration. An increase in secretory IgA was found in stool filtrates of full-term lysozyme-fed infants; no secretory IgA was detected in controls. In this way lysozyme feeding partly substituted for passive transfer of secretory IgA from maternal milk.Keywords
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