Lactobacillus paracasei K5 displays adhesion, anti-proliferative activity and apoptotic effects in human colon cancer cells.

abstract：:The objective of the study was to isolate potential probiotic lactobacilli from Kimere, a pearl millet dough prepared in the Mbeere community of Kenya, East Africa, by fermentation for 18-24 hours. Kimere samples, collected from 11 different homesteads in Mbeere, showed average pH values of 3.63±0.29. Counts of presum...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Njeru PN,Rösch N,Ghadimi D,Geis A,Bockelmann W,de Vrese M,Schrezenmeir J,Heller KJ

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gut bacteria influence host anatomy and physiology. It has been proposed that bacterial metabolites including polyamines are responsible for intestinal maturation and mucosal growth. We have hypothesised that bacterially produced polyamines act as trophic factors and thereby influence large intestinal crypt depth and ...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Slezak K,Hanske L,Loh G,Blaut M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism of neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease (PD) remains unknown but it has been hypothesised that the intestinal tract could be an initiating and contributing factor to the neurodegenerative processes. In PD patients as well as in animal models for PD, alpha-synuclein-positive enteric neurons in the col...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Perez-Pardo P,Dodiya HB,Engen PA,Naqib A,Forsyth CB,Green SJ,Garssen J,Keshavarzian A,Kraneveld AD

更新日期：2018-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence suggests that the gut microbiota might play an important role in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Our goal is to systematically review the reported effect of probiotic treatments in patients diagnosed with FMS or CFS. A systematic review was carried out using 14 databases (PubMe...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Roman P,Carrillo-Trabalón F,Sánchez-Labraca N,Cañadas F,Estévez AF,Cardona D

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:There are few data regarding the role of probiotics as a dietary intervention in the management of obesity in children. An open prospective examination was conducted to clarify the effects of Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota (LcS)-containing beverages in obese children. We compared the intestinal microbiota and orga...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Nagata S,Chiba Y,Wang C,Yamashiro Y

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical studies have shown that probiotics positively affect oral health by decreasing gum bleeding and/or reducing salivary counts of certain oral pathogens. Our aim was to investigate the inhibitory effect of six probiotic lactobacilli against opportunistic oral Candida species. Sugar utilisation by both lactobacil...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Jiang Q,Stamatova I,Kari K,Meurman JH

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The establishment of the gut microbiota immediately after birth is a dynamic process that may impact lifelong health. At this important developmental stage in early life, human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs) serve as specific substrates to shape the gut microbiota of the nursling. The well-orchestrated transition is imp...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Chia LW,Mank M,Blijenberg B,Bongers RS,van Limpt K,Wopereis H,Tims S,Stahl B,Belzer C,Knol J

更新日期：2020-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously reported that dietary heat-killed Lactobacillus brevis SBC8803 affects sleep rhythms in mice. The present study evaluated the effect of consumption of heat-killed SBC8803 on sleep architecture in humans. A non-randomised, placebo-controlled, double blind, and crossover pilot study was conducted using vol...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Nakakita Y,Tsuchimoto N,Takata Y,Nakamura T

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasion of the gut by pathogenic Salmonella leads to production of IL-8 that initiates inflammatory reactions to combat the bacterium. However, its persistent production causes tissue damage and interventions that suppress IL-8 production prevent tissue damage. We hypothesised that probiotics could mediate their bene...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Malago JJ,Tooten PC,Koninkx JF

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ingestion of milks fermented by Lactobacillus strains showing probiotic properties is an important tool to maintain gastrointestinal health. In this study, Lactobacillus rhamnosus D1 and Lactobacillus plantarum B7, isolated from Brazilian artisanal cheese, were used as starters for the functional fermented milks to as...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Acurcio LB,Sandes SHC,Bastos RW,Sant'anna FM,Pedroso SHSP,Reis DC,Nunes ÁC,Cassali GD,Souza MR,Nicoli JR

更新日期：2017-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:There is growing interest in the use of probiotic lactic acid bacteria (LAB) for prevention of hypercholesterolaemia. This study assessed the cholesterol lowering ability of Pediococcus acidilactici LAB4 and Lactobacillus plantarum LAB12 in growth media. Both LAB yielded >98% (39.2 μg/ml) cholesterol lowering in growt...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Lim FT,Lim SM,Ramasamy K

更新日期：2017-02-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade it has become clear that probiotic and commensal interactions with mucosal dendritic cells in the lamina propria or epithelial cells lining the mucosa can modulate specific functions of the mucosal immune system. Innate pattern-recognition receptors such as TLRs, NLRs and CLRs play a crucial role ...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Meijerink M,Wells JM

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work looks at the role of phytate-degrading Pediococcus pentosaceus CFR R123 application in functional foods to evaluate the fate of phytate and calcium solubility during fermentation. Under standard conditions, CFR R123 grown in modified MRS containing sodium phytate CFR R123 showed 43% degradation of sod...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Raghavendra P,Ushakumari SR,Halami PM

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current leading view is that functionality and not phylotype is the most important determinant for the services provided by the gut microbiota. Here we present an alternative opinion, advocating the importance of phylotype in addition to function. We believe the literature is misled by technical artifacts in defin...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Avershina E,Rudi K

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutritional intervention studies, like those with pre- and probiotics, are often hampered by low effect sizes, reducing the power to demonstrate potential efficacy. Here, we perform computer simulations of a hypothetical clinical trial using such an intervention in order to elucidate determining factors that can be in...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Larsen OFA,Claassen E,Brummer RJ

更新日期：2020-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The gut microbiota plays a crucial role in gastrointestinal health. Current use of probiotics is aimed at modulating the bacterial gut composition to alleviate specific diseases. The safety and tolerance of three probiotic strains (Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis R0033, Lactobacillus helveticus R0052 and Bifido...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： De Andrés J,Manzano S,García C,Rodríguez JM,Espinosa-Martos I,Jiménez E

更新日期：2018-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Vaginal lactobacilli offer protection against microbiota imbalance and genitourinary tract infections. We compared vaginal lactobacilli in 50 Estonian women of child-bearing age applying culture-based methods, quantitative PCR and next-generation sequencing (NGS). The culture-based methods found three different lactob...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Smidt I,Kiiker R,Oopkaup H,Lapp E,Rööp T,Truusalu K,Štšepetova J,Truu J,Mändar R

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermotolerant Campylobacter spp., specifically Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli, are the most common bacterial causes of human gastroenteritis in developed countries. Consumption of improperly prepared poultry products and cross contamination are among the main causes of human campylobacteriosis. The aim o...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Robyn J,Rasschaert G,Messens W,Pasmans F,Heyndrickx M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bifidobacterium bifidum 791 (commercially available as B. bifidum BIM B-733D) cell-surface biopolymers (BPs) interact selectively with human serum thyroid peroxidase (TPO) and thyroglobulin (Tg) autoantibodies (anti TPO and anti Tg, respectively). BPanti-TPO and BPanti-Tg were isolated from the soluble fraction of B. ...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Kiseleva EP,Mikhailopulo KI,Novik GI,Szwajcer Dey E,Zdorovenko EL,Shashkov AS,Knirel YA

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oral administration of Enterococcus faecium EF1 to new-born suckling and weaning piglets along with their growth performances and intestinal microbiota was investigated in this study. Twenty-four new-born piglets were initially divided into 2 groups. The probiotics group received 2 ml of 10% sterilised skimmed mil...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Wang YB,Du W,Fu AK,Zhang XP,Huang Y,Lee KH,Yu K,Li WF,Li YL

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypercholesterolemia is a main risk factor of cardiovascular disease. Probiotics are a safe approach to reduce elevated cholesterol without any deleterious effect to human health. Saccharomyces boulardii CNCM I-745 probiotic properties are well documented in a context of intestinal dysbiosis. Recent in vitro and precl...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Briand F,Sulpice T,Giammarinaro P,Roux X

更新日期：2019-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies have highlighted the immunomodulatory properties of the probiotic strain Lactobacillus casei BL23. Recently, we demonstrated the ability of this strain to modulate the Th2-oriented immune response in a mouse model of cow's milk allergy based on the induction of a Th17-biased immune response. The probiotic...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Cortes-Perez NG,Lozano-Ojalvo D,Maiga MA,Hazebrouck S,Adel-Patient K

更新日期：2017-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last years, the application of probiotics in gynaecological clinical practice has gained increasing relevance regarding therapy and prevention. This trend has also provoked the need for having tailored pharmaceutical preparations containing powerful microbial strains with defined properties. For the develop...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Domig KJ,Kiss H,Petricevic L,Viernstein H,Unger F,Kneifel W

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gut intestinal tract harbours a complex microbiota. Disturbances in the microbiota composition have been associated with several immune dysfunctions such as inflammatory diseases. Specific strains of probiotics have shown to beneficially influence the composition and/or metabolic activity of the endogenous microbi...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Benyacoub J,Bosco N,Blanchard C,Demont A,Philippe D,Castiel-Higounenc I,Guéniche A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated the effects of Bifidobacterium longum 51A on the intestinal mucosa and inflammatory response in experimental colitis. Colitis was induced by administration of 3.5% dextran sodium sulphate (DSS) solution for 7 days. Two periods of administration were performed: treatment (T) group, mice received Bi...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Abrantes FA,Nascimento BB,Andrade MER,de Barros PAV,Cartelle CT,Martins FS,Nicoli JR,Arantes RME,Generoso SV,Fernandes SOA,Cardoso VN

更新日期：2020-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The anaerobic gut bacterium Akkermansia muciniphila is a well-characterised member of the mucosal microbiota and has shown to be a gut symbiont in human. A. muciniphila has been negatively associated with obesity and its associated metabolic disorders in various human cohorts while treatment with A. muciniphila cells ...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Ouwerkerk JP,Aalvink S,Belzer C,De Vos WM

更新日期：2017-04-26 00:00:00

abstract：:A basic requirement for the prediction of the potential use of lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in the dairy industry is the identification of specific genes involved in flavour-forming pathways. The probiotic Lactobacillus delbrueckii UFV H2b20 was submitted to a genetic characterisation and phylogenetic analysis of genes ...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Do Carmo AP,da Silva DF,De Oliveira MN,Borges AC,De Carvalho AF,De Moraes CA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lactobacilli exhibit several health benefits in mammals, including humans. Our previous reports established that heat-killed Lactobacillus brevis SBC8803 (SBC8803) increased both efferent gastric vagal nerve activity and afferent intestinal vagal nerve activity in rats. We speculated that this strain could be useful f...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Horii Y,Nakakita Y,Misonou Y,Nakamura T,Nagai K

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gut microbiota and gut-associated lymphoid tissue have been increasingly appreciated as important players in pathogenesis of various autoimmune diseases, including multiple sclerosis. Experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) is an animal model of multiple sclerosis that can be induced with an injection of spina...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Stanisavljević S,Lukić J,Momčilović M,Miljković M,Jevtić B,Kojić M,Golić N,Mostarica Stojković M,Miljković D

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, many authors have investigated the possible antidiabetic effect of lactic acid bacteria. Lactobacillus species constitute a major part of the lactic acid bacteria group and have been found to exhibit beneficial effects on the development of diabetes and its complications. In the current study, we inve...

journal_title：Beneficial microbes

authors： Yakovlieva M,Tacheva T,Mihaylova S,Tropcheva R,Trifonova K,Toleкova A,Danova S,Vlaykova T

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00