Modulation of natural killer cell activity by supplementation of fermented milk containing Lactobacillus casei in habitual smokers

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 589-594

  Morimoto, Kanehisa ^a,d   Takeshita, Tatsuya ^a,e   Nanno, Masanobu ^b   Tokudome, Shinkan ^c   Nakayama, Kunio ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YAKULT CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^e WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lactic acid bacteria; NK cell activity; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MALE; MILK; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SMOKING; SUPPLEMENTATION;

EID: 14644432361     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2004.07.019     Document Type: Article

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