Genomic and phenotypic evidence for probiotic influences of Lactobacillus gasseri on human health

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 915-935

  Selle, Kurt ^a   Klaenhammer, Todd R ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acidophilus complex; Autochthonous; Bacteriocin; Gastrointestinal tract; Lactic acid bacteria; Microbiota

Indexed keywords

ACIDOCIN A; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIOCIN; BILE SALT; GAMMA INTERFERON; GASSERICIN A; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MANGANESE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; OMNIFLORA; OXALIC ACID; PLACEBO; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE; YOGHURT;

ACUTE DIARRHEA; ADAPTATION; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLERGIC DISEASE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ATROPHIC GASTRITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLUENZA A (H1N1); INNATE IMMUNITY; LACTOBACILLUS GASSERI; LACTOBACILLUS RHAMNOSUS; MENSTRUATION; MOUTH MUCOSA; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHENOTYPE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA MUCOSA; VAGINITIS;

ACIDOPHILUS COMPLEX; AUTOCHTHONOUS; BACTERIOCIN; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LACTIC ACID BACTERIA; MICROBIOTA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOCINS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEALTH; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LACTOBACILLUS; PROBIOTICS; VAGINA; VIRUS DISEASES;

EID: 84884948631     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6976.12021     Document Type: Review

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