Lactobacillus paracasei VPro 224 and Improved Immune Response

• Time-dependent persistence of enhanced immune response by a potential probiotic strain Lactobacillus paracasei subsp. paracasei NTU 101.

  • 2008-12
  • Clinical Trial
  • International Journal of Food Microbiology 128(2)
  • • Yueh-Ting Tsai
    • Po-Ching Cheng
    • C. Fan
    • T. Pan

  • PubMed: 18809220
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.08.009

  9 Insights on

  • Improved Immune Response

  • Low evidence
  • Highly Cited
  • Animal Study

  We observed up-regulation of the antigen-presenting ability of dendritic cells, and expression of natural killer group-2 D (NKG2D) molecules capable of trigger natural killer cell-mediated cytotoxicity. Lymphocyte proliferation and antibody production were also significantly increased in mice after treatment.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes