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Oral intake of Lactobacillus pentosus strain b240 accelerates salivary immunoglobulin A secretion in the elderly: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial

BACKGROUND: Immunoglobulin A (IgA) secretion in saliva decreases with age and may be the cause of increased vulnerability of the elderly to respiratory infections. The effect of oral intake of lactic acid bacteria on salivary secretory IgA (SIgA) in the elderly has not been reported. The objective o...

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Autores principales: Kotani, Yoshifumi, Shinkai, Shoji, Okamatsu, Hiroshi, Toba, Masamichi, Ogawa, Kishiko, Yoshida, Hiroto, Fukaya, Taro, Fujiwara, Yoshinori, Chaves, Paulo HM, Kakumoto, Keiji, Kohda, Noriyuki
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2936365/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20796295
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-4933-7-11