Probiotics: friend or foe to the human immune system

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Review

Sunil Kumar¹  Archana Singh²  Devendra Singh³ 

[1] Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Mahayogi Gorakhnath University, Arogya Dham, Balapar Road, Sonbarsa, 273007, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India;Department of Zoology, National PG College, Lucknow, India;Faculty of Biotechnology, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, 225003, Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India;

关键词: Probiotics;    Gut;    Immune response;    Microbiota;    Probiotic therapy;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s42269-023-01098-7

 received in 2023-07-10, accepted in 2023-08-08,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundLive microorganisms known as probiotics have been shown to improve or restore the gut microbiota, which in turn has been linked to improved health. Probiotics are the modern equivalent of a panacea, with claims that they may treat or prevent anything from colic in babies to obesity, diarrhea, and respiratory infections.Main body of the abstractIt has been proven by a few researchers that probiotics are effective in treating numerous ailments by controlling the host’s immunological response. But on the other side, the probiotic industry takes a more straightforward, “one-formula-fits-all” approach to probiotic therapy. As the unique native microbiota of each person is another crucial factor in recommending probiotic therapy. Approximately 1000 distinct bacterial species reside in the human gut. It will take further research into how probiotic strains interact with the microbiota, so there is still a long way to go before probiotics can be used to their full potential.Short conclusionThis review study provides a thorough description of probiotics and seeks to establish whether they are beneficial to or harmful to the human immune system and their mode of action.

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