Colonization and Immunomodulation by Lactobacillus reuteri ATCC 55730 in the Human Gastrointestinal Tract

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1176-1181

  Valeur, Nana ^a   Engel, Peter ^a   Carbajal, Noris ^b   Connolly, Eamonn ^b,c   Ladefoged, Karin ^a  

^a ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b BioGaia Biologics Inc   (United States)

^c Box 3242 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOPSY; CELLS; NUTRITION;

COLONIZATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; IMMUNE RESPONSE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

PROBIOTIC AGENT;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DUODENUM BIOPSY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; GASTROSCOPY; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEOSTOMY; ILEUM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN STUDY; STOMACH BIOPSY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

B-LYMPHOCYTES; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FECES; HUMANS; ILEOSTOMY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LACTOBACILLUS; PROBIOTICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS REUTERI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 2342449224     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.1176-1181.2004     Document Type: Article

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