Monitoring of the sialylation and polysialylation status of sheep milk during early lactation
Lisa Isernhagen, Kaja Helffenstein, Anna Seidel, Bjoern Kuhla, Sebastian P. Galuska · 2026
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Lisa Isernhagen and co-authors measure sugar acids in sheep milk across early lactation in a 2026 study. Sialic acids on milk molecules aid offspring growth, but one form, Neu5Gc, is suspected of provoking inflammation and worse in humans. The team tracked both main forms plus a long chain polymer built from the safer one.
As in cow milk, all three dropped fast in the first days after birth. Sheep milk, though, carried clearly more of the suspect form across lactation than cow milk does. Because the two forms act differently in the body, the authors say the numbers matter both for feeding lambs and for judging sheep milk in human diets.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Lisa Isernhagen, Kaja Helffenstein, Anna Seidel, Bjoern Kuhla, Sebastian P. Galuska |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |