A mixture of the probiotic strains Bifidobacterium longum CH57 and Lactobacillus brevis CH23 ameliorates colitis in mice by inhibiting macrophage activation and restoring the Th17/Treg balance

In the present study, we isolated Bifidobacterium longum CH57, which suppresses macrophage activation, from human gut microbiota and Lactobacillus brevis CH23, which inhibit Th17 cell differentiation, from kimchi, and investigated anti-inflammatory effects of CH23, CH57, and their probiotic mixture...

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Main Authors: Su-Min Lim, Jin-Ju Jeong, Se-Eun Jang, Myung Joo Han, Dong-Hyun Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-12-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464616302870