Effects of Bifidobacterium supplementation on intestinal microbiota composition and the immune response in healthy infants

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 177-182

  Wu, Bing Bing ^a   Yang, Yi ^a   Xu, Xiu ^a   Wang, Wei Ping ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

intestinal microbiota; probiotics supplementation; T helper 1 T helper 2 balance; term infants; vaccination

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BB 536; DIPHTHERIA PERTUSSIS TETANUS VACCINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 4; PROBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SECRETORY CELL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; VACCINATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; HELPER CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; INFANT;

BIFIDOBACTERIUM; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFANT; MALE; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 84961053184     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: 18670687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-015-0025-3     Document Type: Article

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