Beneficial bacteria stimulate host immune cells to counteract dietary and genetic predisposition to mammary cancer in mice

Recent studies suggest health benefits including protection from cancer after eating fermented foods such as probiotic yogurt, though the mechanisms are not well understood. Here we tested mechanistic hypotheses using two different animal models: the first model studied development of mammary cancer...

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Main Authors: Lakritz, Jessica, Poutahidis, Theofilos, Levkovich, Tatiana, Chatzigiagkos, Antonis, Mirabal, Sheyla, Alm, Eric J., Erdman, Susan E., Varian, Bernard, Ibrahim, Yassin
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Wiley Blackwell 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96512
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8294-9364