Inhibiting inflammation with milk oligosaccharides
AssigneesChildren's Hospital Medical Center, The General Hospital Corporation d/b/a Massachusetts General Hospital, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas Y Nutricion
InventorsArdythe L. Morrow, David S. Newburg, Guillermo M. Ruiz-Palacios
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Abstract
A method of inhibiting inflammation with milk oligosaccharides or glycoconjugates containing the oligosaccharides.
Claims21
A method of inhibiting inflammation, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a composition containing at least a milk-derived oligosaccharide or a glycoconjugate containing the oligosaccharide, the oligosaccharide including a first sugar unit and a second sugar unit, wherein the first sugar unit, located at a first non-reducing end, is fucose, galactose, mannose, or sialic acid and the second sugar unit, linked to the first sugar unit, is galactose, glucose, mannose, or N-acetylglucosamine.
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