Probiotic mixture VSL#3: An overview of basic and clinical studies in chronic diseases.

Abstract:

:Probiotics are known as "live microorganisms" and have been proven to have a health effect on hosts at the proper dose. Recently, a kind of probiotic mixture including eight live bacterial strains, VSL#3, has attracted considerable attention for its combined effect. VSL#3 is the only probiotic considered as a kind of medical food; it mainly participates in the regulation of the intestinal barrier function, including improving tight junction protein function, balancing intestinal microbial composition, regulating immune-related cytokine expression and so on. The objective of this review is to discuss the treatment action and mechanism for the administration of VSL#3 in chronic diseases of animals and humans (including children). We found that VSL#3 has a therapeutic or preventive effect in various systemic diseases per a large number of studies, including digestive systemic diseases (gastrointestinal diseases and hepatic diseases), obesity and diabetes, allergic diseases, nervous systemic diseases, atherosclerosis, bone diseases, and female reproductive systemic diseases.

journal_name

World J Clin Cases

authors

Cheng FS,Pan D,Chang B,Jiang M,Sang LX

doi

10.12998/wjcc.v8.i8.1361

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-04-26 00:00:00

pages

1361-1384

issue

8

issn

2307-8960

journal_volume

8

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