Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 and Reduced Pro-Inflammatory Mediator Production

• In Vitro Effects of Live and Heat-Inactivated Bifidobacterium animalis Subsp. Lactis, BB-12 and Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG on Caco-2 Cells

  • 2020-06-08
  • Nutrients 12(6)
  • • Vivian Castro-Herrera
    • C. Rasmussen
    • A. Wellejus
    • E. Miles
    • P. Calder

  • PubMed: 32521765
  • DOI: 10.3390/nu12061719

  4 Insights on

  • Reduced Pro-Inflammatory Mediator Production

  • Moderate evidence

  Pre-treatment of Caco-2 cells with heat-inactivated organisms alone or their combination decreased the production of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-18, and vascular endothelial growth factor.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Small