The impact of probiotics and prebiotics on the immune system

Nature Reviews Immunology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 728-734

  Klaenhammer, Todd R ^a   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^b   Kopp, Matthias Volkmar ^c   Rescigno, Maria ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GAMMA INTERFERON INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 10; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; CITROBACTER RODENTIUM; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PARACASEI; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MACROPHAGE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; PREBIOTICS; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84866714806     PISSN: 14741733     EISSN: 14741741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nri3312     Document Type: Review

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