Intestinal immunity of rats with colon cancer is modulated by oligofructose-enriched inulin combined with Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Bifidobacterium lactis

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 931-938

  Roller, Monika ^a   Femia, Angelo Pietro ^b   Caderni, Giovanna ^b   Rechkemmer, Gerhard ^a,c   Watzl, Bernhard ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Immune system; Prebiotic; Probiotic; Rat; Synbiotic

Indexed keywords

FRUCTAN; FRUCTOSE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INULIN; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RAFTILOSE SYNERGYL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; CANCER PREVENTION; CELL ISOLATION; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MESENTERY LYMPH NODE; NATURAL KILLER CELL MEDIATED CYTOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PEYER PATCH; RAT; SPLEEN; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANIMALS; AZOXYMETHANE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CARCINOGENS; CELL DIVISION; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DIET; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTERFERONS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INULIN; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LACTOBACILLUS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; PEYER'S PATCHES; PROBIOTICS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; SPLEEN;

ANIMALIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS;

EID: 11144250316     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20041289     Document Type: Article

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