Bifidobacterium breve Bb-18 and No Protection of Host Epithelial Cells

• Bifidobacterium breve promotes growth and lipid alteration in Trichomonas vaginalis transiently through transcriptomic reprogramming.

  • 2026-02-13
  • Scientific reports 16(1)
  • • Pei-Yun Chen
    • Yuan-Ming Yeh
    • Chun-Hsien Chen
    • Ming-Chi Li
    • Yu-Tzu Hsu
    • Po-Jung Huang
    • Wei-Hung Cheng

  • PubMed: 41688526
  • DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-38866-0

  3 Insights on

  • No Protection of Host Epithelial Cells

  • Low evidence
  • Rigorous Journal

  HeLa cells showed no cytopathic effects or changes after treatment with B. breve, whether given before or alongside T. vaginalis.

  Effect

  Neutral

  Effect size

  Small