Lactobacillus johnsonii VPro 33 and Increased IgA-Secreting Lymphocytes in the Mucosa

• Divergent Patterns of Colonization and Immune Response Elicited from Two Intestinal Lactobacillus Strains That Display Similar Properties In Vitro

  • 2003-01
  • Clinical Trial
  • Infection and Immunity 71(1)
  • • N. Ibnou‐Zekri
    • S. Blum
    • E. Schiffrin
    • T. von der Weid

  • PubMed: 12496193
  • DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.1.428-436.2003

  2 Insights on

  • Increased IgA-Secreting Lymphocytes in the Mucosa

  • Low evidence
  • Highly Cited
  • Animal Study
  • Clinical

  ...colonization with either strain induced similar germinal center formation and immunoglobulin A-bearing lymphocytes in the mucosa...

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate