Probiotic administration alters the gut flora and attenuates colitis in mice administered dextran sodium sulfate

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1834-1839

  Nanda Kumar, Navalpur S ^a   Balamurugan, Ramadass ^a   Jayakanthan, Kabirdoss ^a   Pulimood, Anna ^a   Pugazhendhi, Srinivasan ^a   Ramakrishna, Balakrishnan S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bifidobacterium; Colitis; Fecal microflora; Lactobacillus; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN SULFATE; GAMMA INTERFERON; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SUPPRESSOR OF CYTOKINE SIGNALING 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTEROIDES; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLITIS; COLON MUCOSA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; FECES MICROFLORA; HISTOLOGY; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MALE; MOUSE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 57049116469     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2008.05723.x     Document Type: Article

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