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Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) are structurally similar to mucin O-glycans
Luis & Hansson 2023 Cell Host & Microbe 31(7):

They are synthesized in the Mammary gland
Ishiguro et al. 2023 Academic Press ISBN 978-0-323-91387-4

Maternal genomic variants in the fucosyltransferase 2 (FUT2) and fatty acid desaturase (FADS) genes are linked to human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) and fatty acids, respectively.
Miliku et al. 2019 Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 110: 1370-1383
Williams et al. 2021 Genomics 113: 1867-1875

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