β2-1 Fructan supplementation alters host immune responses in a manner consistent with increased exposure to microbial components: Results from a double-blinded, randomised, cross-over study in healthy adults

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1748-1759

  Clarke, Sandra T ^a   Green Johnson, Julia M ^a   Brooks, Stephen P J ^b   Ramdath, D Dan ^c   Bercik, Premysl ^d   Avila, Christian ^d   Inglis, G Douglas ^e   Green, Judy ^b   Yanke, L Jay ^e   Selinger, L Brent ^f   Kalmokoff, Martin ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^g Agriculture and AgriFood Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunology; Prebiotics; Well being; 2 1 Fructan

Indexed keywords

BETA2 1 FRUCTAN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; MALTODEXTRIN; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; (2-1)-FRUCTAN; FRUCTAN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TLR2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WELLBEING; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COLON; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; FECES; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE FLORA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COLON; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FECES; FEMALE; FRUCTANS; GASTROINTESTINAL MICROBIOME; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-4; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84961205770     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114516000908     Document Type: Article

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