Bifidobacterium infantis VPro 53 and Reduced Intestinal Permeability

• The effect of a bifidobacter supplemented bovine milk on intestinal permeability of preterm infants.

  • 2007-09
  • RCT · n = 75
  • Early Human Development 83(9)
  • • Z. Stratiki
    • C. Costalos
    • S. Sevastiadou
    • O. Kastanidou
    • Maria Skouroliakou
    • A. Giakoumatou
    • V. Petrohilou

  • PubMed: 17229535
  • DOI: 10.1016/J.EARLHUMDEV.2006.12.002

  3 Insights on

  • Reduced Intestinal Permeability

  • High evidence
  • Highly Cited

  The L/M ratio in the study group was significantly lower at day 30 of the study as compared to the control group (p=0.003).

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  Yes

• Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis: champion colonizer of the infant gut

  • 2014-10-10
  • Pediatric Research 77(1-2)
  • • M. Underwood
    • J. German
    • C. Lebrilla
    • D. Mills

  • PubMed: 25303277
  • DOI: 10.1038/pr.2014.156

  16 Insights on

  • Reduced Intestinal Permeability

  • Moderate evidence
  • Highly Cited
  • Rigorous Journal

  B. infantis... decreases intestinal permeability.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate