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SUBMITTER: Nakata T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4965518 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bioscience of microbiota, food and health 20160419 3
Oxidative stress is considered an etiological factor responsible for several symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In vitro anti-inflammatory activities of heat-killed Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis BF3 have been reported. In this study, the anti-inflammatory effect of these cells was examined using a dextran sodium sulphate (DSS)-induced murine IBD model. Administration of heat-killed L. lactis BF3 via drinking water suppressed the IBD symptoms, such as shortening of colon length, dam ...[more]