Tabea Brick

Ms. Tabea Brick


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Academic Career Length

10Years (2017-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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31 August 2017 in Nutrients
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TBTabea Brick
Tabea Brick
MEMe Ee
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SBSjef Boeren
Sjef Boeren
ABAndreas Böck
Andreas Böck
EMErika von Mutius
Erika von Mutius
KHKasper Hettinga
Kasper Hettinga
Consumption of raw cow’s milk instead of industrially processed milk has been reported to protect children from developing asthma, allergies, and respiratory infections. Several heat-sensitive milk serum proteins have been implied in this effect though unbiased assessment of milk proteins in general is missing. The aim of this study was to compare the native milk serum proteome between raw cow’s milk and various industrially applied processing methods, i.e., homogenization, fat separation, pasteurization, ultra-heat treatment (UHT), treatment for extended shelf-life (ESL), and conventional boiling. Each processing method was applied to the same three pools of raw milk. Levels of detectable proteins were quantified by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry following filter aided sample preparation. In total, 364 milk serum proteins were identified. The 140 proteins detectable in 66% of all samples were entered in a hierarchical cluster analysis. The resulting proteomics pattern separated mainly as high (boiling, UHT, ESL) versus no/low heat treatment (raw, skimmed, pasteurized). Comparing these two groups revealed 23 individual proteins significantly reduced by heating, e.g., lactoferrin (log2-fold change = −0.37, p = 0.004), lactoperoxidase (log2-fold change = −0.33, p = 0.001), and lactadherin (log2-fold change = −0.22, p = 0.020). The abundance of these heat sensitive proteins found in higher quantity in native cow’s milk compared to heat treated milk, renders them potential candidates for protection from asthma, allergies, and respiratory infections.

23 August 2019 in Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
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TBTabea Brick
Tabea Brick
AHAlexander Hose
Alexander Hose
KWKatharina Wawretzka
Katharina Wawretzka
EMErika von Mutius
Erika von Mutius
CRCaroline Roduit
Caroline Roduit
TGthe PASTURE study group
the PASTURE study group