Strain-specific immunomodulatory effects of Lactobacillus plantarum strains on birch-pollen-allergic subjects out of season

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 232-242

  Snel, J ^a   Vissers, Y M ^b   Smit, B A ^c   Jongen, J M J ^b   Van Der Meulen, E T ^a   Zwijsen, R ^c   Ruinemans Koerts, J ^d   Jansen, A P H ^e   Kleerebezem, M ^a   Savelkoul, H F J ^b  

^a NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c FRIESLANDCAMPINA   (Netherlands)

^d RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P70; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; YOGHURT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIRCH POLLEN ALLERGY; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAY FEVER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; POLLEN ALLERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEASON; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; BETULA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-10; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLEN; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651442473     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: 13652222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.2010.03650.x     Document Type: Article

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