It is well-established that the nutritional deficiency or inadequacy can impair immune
functions. Growing evidence suggests that for certain nutrients increased intake above …

Background Critical examination of the quality and validity of available allergic rhinitis (AR)
literature is necessary to improve understanding and to appropriately translate this …

Allergic diseases, such as respiratory, cutaneous, and food allergy, have dramatically
increased in prevalence over the last few decades. Recent research points to a central role …

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are present in foods, the environment and the animal gut,
although fermented foods (FFs) are recognized as the primary niche of LAB activity. Several …

The use of bacterial cells as agents of medical therapy has a long history. Research that was
ignited over a century ago with the accidental infection of cancer patients has matured into a …

The development of a suitable technology for the production of probiotics is a key research
for industrial production, which should take into account the viability and the stability of the …

The gut microbiome is not a silent ecosystem but exerts several physiological and
immunological functions. For many decades, lactobacilli have been used as an effective …

Probiotics have a number of beneficial health effects in humans and animals, such as
reducing lactose intolerance symptoms and enhancing the bioavailability of nutrients …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: The spreading of gastrointestinal diseases is growing up all over
the world. Although for some of them an effective therapeutic approach has been found …

There is considerable interest in the strain specificity of immune modulation by probiotics.
The present study compared the immunomodulatory properties of six probiotic strains of …