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. 2018 Sep 27;6:268. doi: 10.3389/fped.2018.00268

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Schematic description of breast milk components that may influence fetal thymic development and output. Some such as IL-7, micro-RNA (miR), hormones and maternal T cells may act directly through the thymus, whilst others such as breast milk microbiome, human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) may act via the gut microbiome and its metabolites.