Publication
Title
Probiotics for the airways : potential to improve epithelial and immune homeostasis
Author
Abstract
Probiotics are live microorganisms that, when administered in adequate amounts, confer health benefit on the host. The therapeutic effects of probiotics have been mostly studied in the gastrointestinal tract, but recent evidence points toward the potential of these bacteria to prevent and/or treat chronic airway diseases. In this review, possible mechanisms of action of probiotics in the airways are described, with a particular focus on their capacity to modulate the epithelial barrier function and their mode of interaction with the immune system. Indeed, probiotic bacteria, mostly lactobacilli, can promote the expression and regulation of tight junctions and adherence junctions, resulting in the restoration of a defective epithelial barrier. These bacteria interact with the epithelial barrier and immune cells through pattern recognition receptors, such as Toll‐like receptors, which upon activation can stimulate or suppress various immune responses. Finally, the clinical potential of probiotics to treat inflammatory diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract, and the difference between their mode of application (eg, oral or nasal) are discussed here.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Allergy: European journal of allergy and clinical immunology. - Copenhagen
Publication
Hoboken : Wiley , 2018
ISSN
0105-4538
DOI
10.1111/ALL.13495
Volume/pages
73 :10 (2018) , p. 1954-1963
ISI
000449523600005
Pubmed ID
29869783
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
Full text (publisher's version - intranet only)
UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
ProCure : Defining the future of probiotics for upper respiratory tract diseases.
Publication type
Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 05.12.2018
Last edited 09.10.2023
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