| Title |
Oral intake of Lactobacillus pentosus strain b240 accelerates salivary immunoglobulin A secretion in the elderly: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Immunity & Ageing, August 2010
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| DOI | 10.1186/1742-4933-7-11 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Yoshifumi Kotani, Shoji Shinkai, Hiroshi Okamatsu, Masamichi Toba, Kishiko Ogawa, Hiroto Yoshida, Taro Fukaya, Yoshinori Fujiwara, Paulo HM Chaves, Keiji Kakumoto, Noriyuki Kohda |
| Abstract |
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 of this study was to demonstrate the acceleration of salivary SIgA secretion by oral intake of Lactobacillus pentosus strain b240 (b240) in the elderly. |
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| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
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| Indonesia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 77 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Researcher | 12 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 12% |
| Other | 5 | 6% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 16 | 21% |
| Unknown | 21 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 21 | 27% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 13% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 9% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 6 | 8% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 7 | 9% |
| Unknown | 25 | 32% |
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