Potential of macronutrients and probiotics to boost immunity in patients with SARS-COV-2: a narrative review

A Mardi, A Kamran, F Pourfarzi, M Zare… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 (SARS-COV-2) may cause inflammation
and increased cytokine secretion. Dietary factors may play an important role in enhancing …

Gamma aminobutyric acid production by commercially available probiotic strains

A Monteagudo-Mera, V Fanti… - Journal of applied …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims Certain bacteria can produce gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA) from glutamate in the
human intestinal tract, leading to the possibility of altering GABA levels through diet. To this …

Benefits of probiotic use on COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

S Neris Almeida Viana… - Critical Reviews in …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
SARS-CoV-2 is the virus that causes the new global pandemic, which has already resulted
in millions of deaths, affecting the world's health and economy. Probiotics have shown …

Nutrition and immunity: lessons from coronavirus disease-2019

PC Calder - Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 2023 - cambridge.org
This review will provide an overview of the immune system and then describe the effects of
frailty, obesity, specific micronutrients and the gut microbiota on immunity and susceptibility …

Probiotics in the management of mental and gastrointestinal post-COVID symptomes

I Łoniewski, K Skonieczna-Żydecka… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Patients with “post-COVID” syndrome manifest with a variety of signs and symptoms that
continue/develop after acute COVID-19. Among the most common are gastrointestinal (GI) …

COVID-19 and nutrition: focus on chronic kidney disease

D Mafra, JA Kemp, LFMF Cardozo, NA Borges… - Journal of Renal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Some chronic diseases, including chronic kidney disease (CKD), may be associated with
poor outcomes, including a high rate of hospitalization and death after COVID-19 infection …

The pediatric gut bacteriome and virome in response to SARS-CoV-2 infection

A Piazzesi, S Pane, F Del Chierico… - Frontiers in Cellular …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Since the beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic in early 2020, it has been
apparent that children were partially protected from both infection and the more severe forms …

Clinical evidence on the potential beneficial effects of diet and dietary supplements against COVID-19 infection risk and symptoms' severity

E Pavlidou, E Poulios, SK Papadopoulou, A Fasoulas… - Medical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: Diet and dietary supplements aim to add trace elements, vitamins, and
minerals to the body to improve human health and boost the immune system. In the previous …

Lactobacillus plantarum GUANKE modulate anti-viral function of dendritic cells in mice

S Lu, S He, K Yue, J Mi, Y Huang, L Song… - International …, 2024 - Elsevier
GUANKE is a Lactobacillus plantarum isolated from the feces of healthy volunteer. We have
previously shown that GUANKE enhances the efficacy of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine and …

Intestinal microbiota analysis and network pharmacology reveal the mechanism by which Lianhua Qingwen capsule improves the immune function of mice infected …

P Xu, Z Yang, S Du, Z Hong, S Zhong - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Objective Lianhua Qingwen capsule (LHQW) can attenuate lung injury caused by influenza
virus infection. However, it is unclear whether the intestinal microbiota plays a role in LHQW …