Role of Lactobacillus pentosus Strain b240 and the Toll-like receptor 2 axis in Peyer's patch dendritic cell-mediated immunoglobulin A enhancement.

Lactic acid bacteria are well known to possess immune-modulating effects, but the mechanisms underlying their modulation of the gut immune system are not fully understood. Here, we examined the localization of heat-killed Lactobacillus pentosus strain b240 (b240) in intestinal tissues and the effect...

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Main Authors: Yoshifumi Kotani, Jun Kunisawa, Yuji Suzuki, Ikutaro Sato, Takao Saito, Masamichi Toba, Noriyuki Kohda, Hiroshi Kiyono
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3954862?pdf=render