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A comprehensive review of probiotics and human health-current prospective and applications

Frontiers in Microbiology
The beneficial properties of probiotics have always been a point of interest. Probiotics play a major role in maintaining the health of Gastrointestinal Tract (GIT), a healthy digestive system is responsible for modulating all other functions of the body.
Bhutada Sarita, Dahikar Samadhan, Md. Zakir Hassan, Elena G. Kovaleva   +3 more
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Health benefits and health claims of probiotics: bridging science and marketing [PDF]

, 2011
Health claims for probiotics are evaluated by the Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies of the European Food Safety Authority. Despite a substantial amount of basic and clinical research on the beneficial effects of probiotics, all of the ...
Brummer, R.J., Rijkers, G.T., Vos, W.M., de   +2 more
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Current review of genetically modified lactic acid bacteria for the prevention and treatment of colitis using murine models [PDF]

, 2015
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) are disorders of the gastrointestinal tract characterized by recurrent inflammation that requires lifelong treatments.
Azevedo, Vasco, Bermudez Humaran, Luis G., Chatel, Jean Marc, de Moreno, Maria Alejandra, del Carmen, Silvina Andrea, Langella, Philippe, Leblanc, Jean Guy Joseph, Miyoshi, Anderson   +7 more
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The Potential Impact of Probiotics on Human Health: An Update on Their Health-Promoting Properties

Microorganisms
Probiotics, known to be live microorganisms, have been shown to improve or restore the gut microbiota, which in turn has been linked to improved health.
N. Maftei, C. Raileanu, A. Balta, Lenuța Ambrose, Monica Boev, Denisa Batîr Marin, E. Lisă   +6 more
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Postbiotics—A Step Beyond Pre- and Probiotics

Nutrients, 2020
As an imbalance in the intestinal microbiota can lead to the development of several diseases (e.g., type 1 diabetes, cancer, among others), the use of prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics to alter the gut microbiome has attracted recent interest ...
Jakub Żółkiewicz, A. Marzec, M. Ruszczyński, W. Feleszko   +3 more
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Leveraging microbiome-based interventions to improve the management of neurodegenerative diseases: evidence for effects along the microbiota-gut-brain axis

Frontiers in Nutrition
The microbiota-gut-brain axis (MGBA) has recently emerged as a useful model for the understanding of the onset and progression of neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs).
Noémie Auclair-Ouellet, Ola Kassem, Stéphane Bronner, Marie-Laure Oula, Sylvie Binda   +4 more
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Effects of probiotics in patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 : study protocol for a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Low grade chronic inflammation is observed in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Endotoxin derived from gut bacteria may act as a potent inflammatory stimulant.
Al-Daghri, Nasser M., Al-Saleh, Yousef, Alkharfy, Khalid M., Alokail, Majed S., McTernan, P. G. (Philip G.), Sabico, Shaun, Vanhoutte, Paul M.   +6 more
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Effects of Probiotics on Gut Microbiota: An Overview

International Journal of Molecular Sciences
The role of probiotics in regulating intestinal flora to enhance host immunity has recently received widespread attention. Altering the human gut microbiota may increase the predisposition to several disease phenotypes such as gut inflammation and ...
Preethi Chandrasekaran, S. Weiskirchen, Ralf Weiskirchen   +2 more
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Piacentinu Ennese PDO cheese as reservoir of promising probiotic bacteria [PDF]

, 2019
Piacentinu Ennese is a protected designation of origin (PDO) cheese produced in the surrounding area of Enna (Sicily, Italy), using raw ewe’s milk without the addition of any starter cultures.
Caggia, Cinzia, De Angelis, Maria, Pino, Alessandra, Randazzo, Cinzia Lucia, Russo, Nunziatina, Sferrazzo, Giuseppe, Van Hoorde, Koenraad   +6 more
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Clostridium species as probiotics: potentials and challenges

Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology, 2020
Clostridium species, as a predominant cluster of commensal bacteria in our gut, exert lots of salutary effects on our intestinal homeostasis. Up to now, Clostridium species have been reported to attenuate inflammation and allergic diseases effectively ...
Pingting Guo, Ke Zhang, Xi Ma, Pingli He
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