Lactobacillus johnsonii LJ09 and Reduced Kynurenine-Tryptophan Ratio

• Lactobacillus johnsonii N6.2 Modulates the Host Immune Responses: A Double-Blind, Randomized Trial in Healthy Adults

  • 2017-06-12
  • RCT · n = 42
  • Frontiers in Immunology 8
  • • G. Marcial
    • A. Ford
    • M. Haller
    • S. Gezan
    • N. Harrison
    • D. Cai
    • Julie L. Meyer
    • D. Perry
    • M. Atkinson
    • C. Wasserfall
    • T. Garrett
    • Claudio F. Gonzalez
    • T. Brusko
    • W. Dahl
    • G. Lorca

  • PubMed: 28659913
  • DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2017.00655

  2 Insights on

  • Reduced Kynurenine-Tryptophan Ratio

  • High evidence
  • Adults

  As predicted, increased serum tryptophan levels increased resulting in a decreased K:T ratio was observed in the *L. johnsonii* N6.2 group.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate