Probiotic Combination of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and Bifidobacterium bifidum Enhances Lipophagy in MAFLD Rats.
- 2025-10-28
- MicrobiologyOpen 14(6)
- Mahtab Mehboodi
- Mohammad Mehdi Alinaghi
- Maryam Behmanesh
- Mohammad Hosein Kolahkaj
- Milad Pour Mohammad Ali Namdari
- Hadis Khanbabaie
- Arezoo Harsjian
- Narges Namavar
- Saman Rabiei
- Maryam Sadat Pishva
- Payam Baziyar
- Sara Rashki Ghaleno
- Mohammad Hasan Maleki
- PubMed: 41157845
- DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.70100
- Low evidence
- Animal Study
The probiotic-treated groups exhibited significant improvements in triglyceride, total cholesterol, and low-density lipoprotein levels. This was accompanied by an upregulation of autophagy markers (ATG7, LAMP2) and a downregulation of lipogenic markers (PLIN2, FAS, DGAT2, SREBP1).
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Moderate
- Significant
- Yes