Daily ingestion of a nutritional probiotic supplement enhances innate immune function in healthy adults

Nutrition Research

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 454-459

  Berman, Sheryl H ^a   Eichelsdoerfer, Petra ^a   Yim, Daesong ^a   Elmer, Gary W ^b   Wenner, Cynthia A ^a  

^a BASTYR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifidobacteria; Gut flora; Immune system; Intestinal flora; Lactobacillus; Monocyte function; Neutrophil function; NK cell activity; Phagocytosis; Probiotics; Salivary IgA; Secretory IgA

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IN VITRO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 33749080290     PISSN: 02715317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nutres.2006.08.002     Document Type: Article

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