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Human-Identical Milk Oligosaccharides in Infant Formula: How Close Are We to Evidence-Based Benefit?
Published at Advances in Nutrition | Editorial
Written by Yarden Golan | 2026
Published at Advances in Nutrition | Editorial
Written by Yarden Golan | 2026
Published at Advances in Nutrition | Editorial
Written by Yarden Golan | 2026
Human-Identical Milk Oligosaccharides in Infant Formula: How Close Are We to Evidence-Based Benefit?
Published at Advances in Nutrition | Editorial
Written by Yarden Golan | 2026
Published at Advances in Nutrition | Editorial
Written by Yarden Golan | 2026
Published at Advances in Nutrition | Editorial
Written by Yarden Golan | 2026
Human-Identical Milk Oligosaccharides in Infant Formula: How Close Are We to Evidence-Based Benefit?
Published at Advances in Nutrition | Editorial
Written by Yarden Golan | 2026
Published at Advances in Nutrition | Editorial
Written by Yarden Golan | 2026
Published at Advances in Nutrition | Editorial
Written by Yarden Golan | 2026
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Human-Identical Milk Oligosaccharides in Infant Formula: How Close Are We to Evidence-Based Benefit?
Written by Yarden Golan
Published at Advances in Nutrition
2026
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Pregnancy and lactation induce distinct immune responses to COVID-19 booster vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection
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Alterations in ZnT1 expression and function lead to impaired intracellular zinc homeostasis in cancer.
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Cell Death Discov 5, 144.
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J Cell Mol Med. 2018 Nov 18.
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ZnT2 is an electroneutral proton-coupled vesicular antiporter displaying an apparent stoichiometry of two protons per zinc ion.
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PLoS Comput. Biol. 15(3): e1006882
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PLoS Comput. Biol. 2018;14: e1006503
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Identification of genetic diseases using breast milk cell analysis: The case of transient neonatal zinc deficiency (TNZD)
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Human-identical milk oligosaccharides in infant formula: How close are we to evidence-based benefit?
Golan, Y.
2026
Advances in Nutrition 2026;100612
Integrating Biological, Behavioral, and Economic Factors in the Practice and Study of Early, Unplanned Lactation Cessation
Bookhart, L.H., Devane-Johnson, S., Esquerra-Zwiers, A., Golan Maor, Y., Gomez, J., Kivlighan, K.T., Medina Poeliniz, C., Walker, R., Johnson, T.J., Parker, L.A.
2025
Breastfeeding Med 20, 460–469
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Hunagund, S.*, Golan, Y.*, Asiodu, I.V., Prahl, M., Gaw, S.L.
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Front Immunol
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Golan, Y., Assaraf, Y.G.
2020
Nutrients 12, 1500
The role of the zinc transporter SLC30A2/ZnT2 in health and disease
Golan, Y., Kambe, T., and Assaraf, Y. G.
2017
Metallomics
Methods for Preserving Human Milk Cellular and Milk Fat Globule RNA
Li, Z., Fischbein, N., Jin, F., Nyquist, S.K., O’Brien, K., Ahituv, N., Flaherman, V., Golan, Y.
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J Mammary Gland Biol Neoplasia
Genomic characterization of normal and aberrant human milk production
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2025
Science Advances, 11(37), eadr7174
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2025
Breastfeed Med 20, 512–520
Pregnancy and lactation induce distinct immune responses to COVID-19 booster vaccination and SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection
Yin, K., Li, L., Luo, X., Neidleman, J., Cassidy, A.G., Golan, Y., Ozarslan, N., Lin, C.Y., Jigmeddagva, U., Ilala, M., Chidboy, M.A., Prahl, M., Gaw, S.L., Roan, N.R.
2025
JCI Insight 10, e191930
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Li, L., Matsui, Y., Prahl, M.K., Cassidy, A.G., Golan, Y., et al.
2024
npj Vaccines 9, 156.
Assessment of Adverse Reactions, Antibody Patterns, and 12-month Outcomes in the Mother-Infant Dyad After COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination in Pregnancy
Cassidy, A.G., Li, L., Golan, Y., Gay, C., Lin, C.Y., Jigmeddagva, U., Chidboy, M.A., Ilala, M., Buarpung, S., Gonzalez, V.J., et al.
2023
JAMA Netw Open 6, e2323405–e2323405
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Lin, C. Y., Cassidy, A. G., Li, L., Prahl, M., Golan, Y., Gaw, S. L.
2023
Obstet Gynecol 2023;141:957–60.
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Golan, Y., Ilala, M., Gay, C., Hunagund, S., Lin, C. Y., Cassidy, A. G., Jigmeddagva, U., Li, L., Ozarslan, N., Asiodu, I. V., Ahituv, N., Flaherman, V. J., Gaw, S. L., & Prahl, M.
2023
iScience, 26(10), 107767
Evaluation of transplacental transfer of mRNA vaccine products and functional antibodies during pregnancy and infancy
Prahl, M., Golan, Y., Cassidy, A. G., Matsui, Y., Li, L., Alvarenga, B., Chen, H., Jigmeddagva, U., Lin, C. Y., Gonzalez, V. J., Chidboy, M. A., Warrier, L., Buarpung, S., Murtha, A. P., Flaherman, V. J., Greene, W. C., Wu, A. H. B., Lynch, K. L., Rajan, J., & Gaw, S. L.
2022
Nature Communications, 13(1), 4422
Neutralizing antibody activity against SARS-CoV-2 variants in gestational age-matched mother-infant dyads after infection or vaccination
Matsui, Y., Li, L., Prahl, M., Cassidy, A. G., Ozarslan, N., Golan, Y., Gonzalez, V. J., Lin, C. Y., Jigmeddagva, U., Chidboy, M. A., Montano, M., Taha, T. Y., Khalid, M. M., Sreekumar, B., Hayashi, J. M., Chen, P.-Y., Kumar, G. R., Warrier, L., Wu, A. H., … Gaw, S. L.
2022
JCI Insight, 7(12)
Cellular and transcriptional diversity over the course of human lactation
Nyquist, S.K., Gao, P., Haining, T.K.J., Retchin, M.R., Golan, Y., Drake, R.S., Kolb, K., Mead, B.E., Ahituv, N., Martinez, M.E., et al.
2022
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 119
Antibodies elicited by SARS-CoV-2 infection or mRNA vaccines have reduced neutralizing activity against Beta and Omicron pseudoviruses
Sievers, B.L., Chakraborty, S., Xue, Y., Gelbart, T., Gonzalez, J.C., Cassidy, A.G., Golan, Y., Prahl, M., Gaw, S.L., Arunachalam, P.S., et al.
2022
Sci. Transl. Med. 14, 7842
Evaluating COVID-19 Vaccine-Related Messenger RNA in Breast Milk—Reply
Golan, Y., Flaherman, V.J., and Gaw, S.L.
2022
JAMA Pediatr. 176, 100–101
In situ dimerization of multiple wild type and mutant zinc transporters in live cells using bimolecular fluorescence complementation.
Lasry, I.*, Golan, Y.*, Berman, B., Amram, N., Glaser, F., and Assaraf, Y. G.
2014
The Journal of Biological Chemistry 289, 7275-7292.
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination in Lactation: Assessment of adverse events and vaccine related antibodies in mother-infant dyads
Golan, Y., Prahl, M., Cassidy, A., et al.
2021
Front. Immunol
Evaluation of Messenger RNA From COVID-19 BTN162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccines in Human Milk
Golan, Y., Prahl, M., Cassidy, A., Lin, C. Y., Ahituv, N., Flaherman, V. J., Gaw, S. L.
2021
JAMA Pediatr
Alterations in ZnT1 expression and function lead to impaired intracellular zinc homeostasis in cancer.
Lehvy, AI., Horev, G., Golan, Y., Glaser, F., Shammai, Y., Assaraf, YG.
2019
Cell Death Discov 5, 144.
High proportion of transient neonatal zinc deficiency (TNZD) causing alleles in the general population
Golan, Y.,* Lehvy, A.,*, Horev, G., and Assaraf, Y. G.
2018
J Cell Mol Med. 2018 Nov 18.
ZnT2 is an electroneutral proton-coupled vesicular antiporter displaying an apparent stoichiometry of two protons per zinc ion.
Golan, Y., Alhadeff, R. , Warshel, A., and Assaraf, Y. G.
2019
PLoS Comput. Biol. 15(3): e1006882
Demonstrating aspects of multiscale modeling by studying the permeation pathway of the human ZnT2 zinc transporter
Golan, Y.,* Alhadeff, R.,*, Glaser F., Ganoth, A., Warshel A., and Assaraf, Y. G.
2018
PLoS Comput. Biol. 2018;14: e1006503
Identification of genetic diseases using breast milk cell analysis: The case of transient neonatal zinc deficiency (TNZD)
Golan, Y., Yerushalmi B., Efrati, E., and Assaraf, Y. G.
2017
Cell. Mol. Med. Open Access 2017; 3(2): 8