Immunomodulating capacity of kefir

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 195-202

  Vinderola, Celso G ^a,b   Duarte, Jairo ^a   Thangavel, Deepa ^a   Perdigón, Gabriela ^b,c   Farnworth, Edward ^d   Matar, Chantal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b CENTRO DE REFERENCIA PARA LACTOBACILOS CERELA CONICET   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE TUCUMÁN   (Argentina)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fermented milks; Mucosal immunity; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MOUSE; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KEFIR;

EID: 18844412446     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029905000828     Document Type: Article

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