Significance of bioactive substances in milk to the human neonate

Epidermal Growth Factor

1979 • 2,964 citations

Induction of a novel epidermal growth factor-secreting cell lineage by mucosal ulceration in human gastrointestinal stem cells

1990 • 465 citations

Epidermal Growth Factor: Effects of Androgens and Adrenergic Agents

1974 • 393 citations

Localization of transforming growth factor alpha and its receptor in gastric mucosal cells. Implications for a regulatory role in acid secretion and mucosal renewal.

1989 • 243 citations

Influence of Epidermal Growth Factor on the Development of Suckling Mouse Intestinal Mucosa

1982 • 194 citations

Changes in the Growth-Promoting Activity of Human Milk during Lactation

1984 • 154 citations

Membrane-bound and fluid-phase macromolecules enter separate prelysosomal compartments in absorptive cells of suckling rat ileum.

1984 • 150 citations

Intravenous but not intragastric urogastrone-EGF is trophic to the intestine of parenterally fed rats.

1987 • 146 citations

The inhibition of gastric acid secretion by epidermal growth factor

1975 • 136 citations

Hormones in milk

1987 • 134 citations

Enhancement of intestinal growth in neonatal rats by epidermal growth factor in milk

1987 • 128 citations

Refsum's disease: characterization of the enzyme defect in cell culture

1969 • 118 citations

Effect of luminal growth factor preservation on intestinal growth

1993 • 117 citations

Transepithelial transport of epidermal growth factor by absorptive cells of suckling rat ileum.

1987 • 115 citations

Gastrointestinal absorption of epidermal growth factor in suckling rats

1984 • 112 citations

Biologic effects of epidermal growth factor in human fetal jejunum

1988 • 107 citations

Human gastrointestinal development

1989 • 97 citations

Peptides and gastrointestinal mucosal integrity.

1995 • 95 citations

Epidermal growth factor in human milk: Daily production and diurnal variation during early lactation in mothers delivering at term and at premature gestation

1983 • 92 citations

Human Gastrointestinal Development

1990 • 68 citations

Epidermal growth factor and the developing human gut

1988 • 64 citations

Transforming Growth Factor-α and Epidermal Growth Factor Expression in Human Fetal Gastrointestinal Tract

1993 • 62 citations

Radioautographic localization of epidermal growth factor receptors in human fetal gut

1991 • 62 citations

Uptake and transport of epidermal growth factor by the small intestinal epithelium of the fetal rat

1990 • 59 citations

Epidermal growth factor (EGF) accelerates the maturation of fetal mouse intestinal mucosa in utero

1982 • 59 citations

Minimal hydrolysis of epidermal growth factor by gastric fluid of preterm infants.

1989 • 58 citations

Urogastrone and Lactose Concentrations in Precolostrum, Colostrum, and Milk

1983 • 43 citations

Relationship Between Insulin-like Growth Factor-I and -II and IGF-Binding Proteins in Milk and the Gastrointestinal Tract

1992 • 42 citations

Measurement of Growth Promoting Activity in Human Milk Using a Fetal Small Intestinal Cell Line

1992 • 41 citations

Interaction of epidermal growth factor with specific binding sites of enterocytes isolated from rat small intestine during development

1986 • 40 citations

Presence and characteristics of epidermal growth factor receptors in human fetal small intestine and colon

1988 • 39 citations

Nutritional Adaptation of the Gastrointestinal Tract of the Newborn

1984 • 36 citations

Effect of maturation on gastrointestinal absorption of epidermal growth factor in rats

1987 • 36 citations

Processing of epidermal growth factor by suckling and adult rat intestinal cells

1986 • 34 citations

Gastrointestinal peptides and the adaptation to extrauterine nutrition

1985 • 34 citations

Is Dietary Epidermal Growth Factor Absorbed by Premature Human Infants?

1989 • 33 citations

Macromolecular transport in the fetal rat intestine

1985 • 33 citations

Is orally-derived epidermal growth factor beneficial following premature birth or intestinal resection?

1986 • 32 citations

Neonatal brain and dietary lipids.

1994 • 31 citations

Breast and gut: the relationship between lactating mammary function and neonatal gastrointestinal function

1992 • 31 citations

Oral Epidermal Growth Factor Is Trophic for the Stomach in the Neonatal Rat

1987 • 28 citations

Effect of epidermal growth factor on growth and maturation of fetal and neonatal rat small intestine in organ culture

1986 • 26 citations

Development of Luminal Protein Digestion in Suckling and Weanling Rats

1988 • 24 citations

Effect of Necrotizing Enterocolitis on Urinary Epidermal Growth Factor Levels

1991 • 21 citations

Retardation of growth and epithelial differentiation in suckling mice by anti-EGF antisera.

1989 • 10 citations

Egg, placenta, breast and gut. Comparative strategies for feeding the young.

1993 • 8 citations