Dietary probiotic supplementation enhances natural killer cell activity in the elderly: an investigation of age-related immunological changes
Gill HS, Rutherfurd KJ, Cross ML
Published in Journal of Clinical Immunology, Vol. 21 (4), pp. 264-71
Methodology
Controlled human trials of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium supplementation measuring natural killer cell cytotoxicity in older adults.
Key Findings
Probiotic supplementation significantly increased natural killer cell tumoricidal activity in elderly participants.
Conclusions
Specific probiotic strains enhance NK cell activity in older adults.
Limitations
Older study; small samples; strain-specific effects.
Supplements Studied
Probiotic supplementation significantly increased natural killer cell tumoricidal activity in elderly participants
Outcomes Measured
Probiotic supplementation significantly increased natural killer cell tumoricidal activity in elderly participants
Study Details
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