Milk‐Derived Signals Guide Neonatal Hematopoiesis and Respiratory Defense
This commentary summarises a recent paper in Cell by Howard et al. showing that osteopontin shapes the infant microbiome, which in turn directs early immune development in the airways. This early programming confers protection against respiratory tract infections that persists well beyond infancy.
Authors
- Jonatan Leffler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5674-8462)
- Valérie Verhasselt (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5732-9048)
- Nivedithaa Divakara
Institutions
- The Kids Research Institute Australia (AU)
- The University of Western Australia (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Immunology and Cell Biology
- Published
- 2026-11-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/imcb.70175
- Primary Topic
- Infant Nutrition and Health
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00