Probiotics and the mechanism of necrotizing enterocolitis

Seminars in Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 94-100

  Chen, Chien Chang ^a,b   Allan Walker, W ^c,d  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Intestinal host defense; Necrotizing enterocolitis; Probiotics

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED KINASE 3; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 8; MYELOID DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 88; PROBIOTIC AGENT; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 6;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; LACTOBACILLUS JOHNSONII; LAMINA PROPRIA; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PEYER PATCH; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BREAST FEEDING; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; PROBIOTICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84876716932     PISSN: 10558586     EISSN: 15329453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.sempedsurg.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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