Probiotic Lactobacillus casei shirota supplementation does not modulate immunity in healthy men with reduced natural killer cell activity

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 978-984

  Seifert, Stephanie ^a   Bub, Achim ^a   Franz, Charles M A P ^a   Watzl, Bernhard ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; CYTOLYSIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNITY; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD56; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOKINES; CYTOPHAGOCYTOSIS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MITOGENS; NATURAL CYTOTOXICITY TRIGGERING RECEPTOR 1; PROBIOTICS; RESPIRATORY BURST; YOUNG ADULT;

LACTOBACILLUS CASEI;

EID: 79955503972     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.110.136440     Document Type: Article

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