Effects of Bifidobacterium animalis administered during lactation on allergic and autoimmune responses in rodents

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 424-431

  Ezendam, J ^a   De Klerk, A ^a   Gremmer, E R ^a   Van Loveren, H ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergy; Autoimmunity; Bifidobacterium animalis; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ALLERGIC ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ANIMALIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; LACTATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELLS, CULTURED; CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOKINES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS, AUTOIMMUNE, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LACTATION; MALE; MICE; OVALBUMIN; PROBIOTICS; RATS; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SPLEEN; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 55449104922     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2008.03788.x     Document Type: Article

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