Lactobacillus paracasei VPro 224 and Improved Cell Adhesion

• Lactobacillus paracasei K5 displays adhesion, anti-proliferative activity and apoptotic effects in human colon cancer cells.

  • 2018-12-07
  • Beneficial Microbes 9(6)
  • • P. Chondrou
    • A. Karapetsas
    • D. Kiousi
    • D. Tsela
    • A. Tiptiri-Kourpeti
    • I. Anestopoulos
    • I. Kotsianidis
    • E. Bezirtzoglou
    • Aglaia Pappa
    • A. Galanis

  • PubMed: 30353740
  • DOI: 10.3920/BM2017.0183

  3 Insights on

  • Improved Cell Adhesion

  • Low evidence

  Employing quantitative analysis and confocal, fluorescent microscopy the adhesion properties of the above strain were studied. *L. paracasei* K5 displayed efficient adherence capacity to Caco-2 colon cancer cells, similarly to the reference strains *Lactobacillus casei* ATCC 393 and *Lactobacillus rhamnosus* GG.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate