Daily intake of fermented milk with Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota reduces the incidence and duration of upper respiratory tract infections in healthy middle-aged office workers

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 45-53

  Shida, Kan ^a   Sato, Tadashi ^a   Iizuka, Ryoko ^a   Hoshi, Ryotaro ^b   Watanabe, Osamu ^b   Igarashi, Tomoki ^b   Miyazaki, Kouji ^a   Nanno, Masanobu ^a   Ishikawa, Fumiyasu ^a  

^a YAKULT CENTRAL INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b Faculty of Research and Development   (Japan)

Author keywords

Common cold; Cortisol; Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota; NK cell activity; Probiotics; Upper respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FERMENTED MILK PRODUCT; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFLUENZA; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI STRAIN SHIROTA; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OFFICE WORKER; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVA LEVEL; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS EXAMINATION; WINTER; BODY MASS; CHEMISTRY; FERMENTATION; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MONONUCLEAR CELL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SALIVA; SAMPLE SIZE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CULTURED MILK PRODUCTS; FERMENTATION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INCIDENCE; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBIOTICS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SALIVA; SAMPLE SIZE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TOKYO;

EID: 84944530126     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-015-1056-1     Document Type: Article

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