Early life microbial exposures and allergy risks: opportunities for prevention

H Renz, C Skevaki - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Allergies, including asthma, food allergy and atopic dermatitis, are increasing in prevalence,
particularly in westernized countries. Although a detailed mechanistic explanation for this …

Targeting the human microbiome with antibiotics, probiotics, and prebiotics: gastroenterology enters the metagenomics era

GA Preidis, J Versalovic - Gastroenterology, 2009 - Elsevier
Studies of metagenomics and the human microbiome will tremendously expand our
knowledge of the composition of microbial communities in the human body. As our …

Generation of regulatory dendritic cells and CD4+Foxp3+ T cells by probiotics administration suppresses immune disorders

HK Kwon, CG Lee, JS So, CS Chae… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
The beneficial effects of probiotics have been described in many diseases, but the
mechanism by which they modulate the immune system is poorly understood. In this study …

Probiotic supplementation improves inflammatory status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

E Vaghef-Mehrabany, B Alipour, A Homayouni-Rad… - Nutrition, 2014 - Elsevier
Objectives Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease in which the
gut microbiota is altered. Probiotics are microorganisms that can normalize gut microbiota; …

Effects of Lactobacillus casei supplementation on disease activity and inflammatory cytokines in rheumatoid arthritis patients: a randomized double‐blind clinical trial

B Alipour, A Homayouni‐Rad… - … journal of rheumatic …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The present study aimed at investigating the effects of Lactobacillus casei 01
supplementation on symptoms and inflammatory biomarkers of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in …

[HTML][HTML] Managing rheumatoid arthritis with dietary interventions

S Khanna, KS Jaiswal, B Gupta - Frontiers in nutrition, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Self-help by means of dietary interventions can help in management of various disorders
including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a debilitating autoimmune disease. Dietary interventions …

Immunological tolerance and function: associations between intestinal bacteria, probiotics, prebiotics, and phages

L Vitetta, G Vitetta, S Hall - Frontiers in immunology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Post-birth there is a bacterial assault on all mucosal surfaces. The intestinal microbiome is
an important participant in health and disease. The pattern of composition and concentration …

Analysis of fecal Lactobacillus community structure in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

X Liu, Q Zou, B Zeng, Y Fang, H Wei - Current microbiology, 2013 - Springer
The objective of this study was to analyze human fecal Lactobacillus community and its
relationship with rheumatoid arthritis. Samples taken from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients …

Amelioration of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis by probiotic mixture is mediated by a shift in T helper cell immune response

HK Kwon, GC Kim, Y Kim, W Hwang, A Jash… - Clinical …, 2013 - Elsevier
The immunomodulatory effect of probiotics has been shown mainly in gastro-intestinal
immune disorders and little information is available on the inflammation of central nervous …

Lactobacillus casei CCFM1074 Alleviates Collagen-Induced Arthritis in Rats via Balancing Treg/Th17 and Modulating the Metabolites and Gut Microbiota

Z Fan, RP Ross, C Stanton, B Hou, J Zhao… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Gut microbiota and their influence on metabolites are receiving increasing attentions in
autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Probiotics become a promising …