Streptococcus thermophilus VPro 23 and Reduced Tumor Formation

• Streptococcus thermophilus inhibits colorectal tumorigenesis through secreting β-galactosidase.

  • 2021-03
  • Clinical Trial
  • Gastroenterology 160(4)
  • • Qing Li
    • Wei Hu
    • Weixin Liu
    • Liuyang Zhao
    • Dan Huang
    • Xiao-Dong Liu
    • H. Chan
    • Yuchen Zhang
    • Ju-deng Zeng
    • O. Coker
    • W. Kang
    • S. Ng
    • Lin Zhang
    • S. Wong
    • T. Gin
    • M. Chan
    • Jian-Lin Wu
    • Jun Yu
    • W. Wu

  • PubMed: 32920015
  • DOI: 10.1053/J.GASTRO.2020.09.003

  9 Insights on

  • Reduced Tumor Formation

  • Low evidence
  • Highly Cited
  • Animal Study

  Oral gavage of S thermophilus significantly reduced tumor formation in both Apcmin/+ and azoxymethane-injected mice.

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Large

  Significant

  Yes