Implication of Fructans in Health: Immunomodulatory and Antioxidant Mechanisms

Xylo-oligosaccharides alone or in synbiotic combination with Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis induce bifidogenesis and modulate markers of immune function in healthy adults: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised, factorial cross-over study

(2014) Caroline E. Childs et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

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(2014) Gregory Bouchaud et al.   CYTOKINE

Dendritic cell maturation: functional specialization through signaling specificity and transcriptional programming

(2014) M. Dalod et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Th17 cells and Tregs : unlikely allies

(2014) Xin Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Agave Fructans: Their Effect on Mineral Absorption and Bone Mineral Content

(2014) María Isabel García-Vieyra et al.   JOURNAL OF MEDICINAL FOOD

Toll-Like Receptor 2 Activation by β2→1-Fructans Protects Barrier Function of T84 Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells in a Chain Length–Dependent Manner

(2014) Leonie M. Vogt et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Prebiotic potential of Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosusL.) in Wistar rats: effects of levels of supplementation on hindgut fermentation, intestinal morphology, blood metabolites and immune response

(2014) Lipismita Samal et al.   JOURNAL OF THE SCIENCE OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE

Fructooligosacharides Reduce Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 Pathogenicity through Distinct Mechanisms

(2014) Mercedes Ortega-González et al.   PLoS One

Gastrointestinal tolerance and utilization of agave inulin by healthy adults

(2014) Hannah D. Holscher et al.   Food & Function

Agavins from Agave angustifolia and Agave potatorum affect food intake, body weight gain and satiety-related hormones (GLP-1 and ghrelin) in mice

(2014) Patricia Araceli Santiago-García et al.   Food & Function

Immunological Properties of Inulin-Type Fructans

(2013) Leonie Vogt et al.   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION

Effects of consuming diets containing Agave tequilana dietary fibre and jamaica calyces on body weight gain and redox status in hypercholesterolemic rats

(2013) Sonia G. Sáyago-Ayerdi et al.   FOOD CHEMISTRY

An update on the use and investigation of probiotics in health and disease

(2013) Mary Ellen Sanders et al.   GUT

Dendritic Cell Expression of the Signaling Molecule TRAF6 Is Critical for Gut Microbiota-Dependent Immune Tolerance

(2013) Daehee Han et al.   IMMUNITY

Effects of levan-type fructan supplementation on growth performance, digestibility, blood profile, fecal microbiota, and immune responses after lipopolysaccharide challenge in growing pigs

(2013) J. Li et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

The Immunologically Active Oligosaccharides Isolated from Wheatgrass Modulate Monocytes via Toll-like Receptor-2 Signaling

(2013) Chia-Che Tsai et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Towards understanding vacuolar antioxidant mechanisms: a role for fructans?

(2013) Darin Peshev et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

A Mixture of trans-Galactooligosaccharides Reduces Markers of Metabolic Syndrome and Modulates the Fecal Microbiota and Immune Function of Overweight Adults

(2013) Jelena Vulevic et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Plant sugars are crucial players in the oxidative challenge during abiotic stress: extending the traditional concept

(2013) ELS KEUNEN et al.   PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT

Immune Modulation by Different Types of β2→1-Fructans Is Toll-Like Receptor Dependent

(2013) Leonie Vogt et al.   PLoS One

Prebiotics as functional foods: A review

(2013) Sadeq Hasan Al-Sheraji et al.   Journal of Functional Foods

Decisions About Dendritic Cells: Past, Present, and Future

(2012) Ralph M. Steinman   Annual Review of Immunology

Xylo-oligosaccharide (XOS) in combination with inulin modulates both the intestinal environment and immune status in healthy subjects, while XOS alone only shows prebiotic properties

(2012) Jean-Michel Lecerf et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Intestinal Commensal Microbes as Immune Modulators

(2012) Ivaylo I. Ivanov et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Fermented milk supplemented with probiotics and prebiotics can effectively alter the intestinal microbiota and immunity of host animals

(2012) S. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE

Carbohydrates and Their Free Radical Scavenging Capability: A Theoretical Study

(2012) Elizabeth Hernandez-Marin et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B

Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius)-derived fructooligosaccharides improves the immune parameters in the mouse

(2012) Grethel T. Choque Delgado et al.   NUTRITION RESEARCH

Prebiotics to Fight Diseases: Reality or Fiction?

(2012) F. Di Bartolomeo et al.   PHYTOTHERAPY RESEARCH

Dendritic cell function in the host response toHelicobacter pyloriinfection of the gastric mucosa

(2012) Jessica Shiu et al.   Pathogens and Disease

Responses of Gut Microbiota and Glucose and Lipid Metabolism to Prebiotics in Genetic Obese and Diet-Induced Leptin-Resistant Mice

(2011) Amandine Everard et al.   DIABETES

Carbohydrate metabolism in Bifidobacteria

(2011) Karina Pokusaeva et al.   Genes and Nutrition

Galactooligosaccharides derived from lactose and lactulose: Influence of structure on Lactobacillus, Streptococcus and Bifidobacterium growth

(2011) Alejandra Cardelle-Cobas et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

Functional Specializations of Intestinal Dendritic Cell and Macrophage Subsets That Control Th17 and Regulatory T Cell Responses Are Dependent on the T Cell/APC Ratio, Source of Mouse Strain, and Regional Localization

(2011) T. L. Denning et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Prebiotics Improve Intestinal Immunity and Attenuate Oxidative Stress of Constipated Rats

(2011) Yanning Li et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC GASTROENTEROLOGY AND NUTRITION

Modulation of the gut microbiota by nutrients with prebiotic properties: consequences for host health in the context of obesity and metabolic syndrome

(2011) Nathalie M Delzenne et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Disease prevention by natural antioxidants and prebiotics acting as ROS scavengers in the gastrointestinal tract

(2011) W. Van den Ende et al.   TRENDS IN FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The fermentable fibre inulin increases postprandial serum short-chain fatty acids and reduces free-fatty acids and ghrelin in healthy subjects

(2010) Joshua Tarini et al.   Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism

Effect of the dietary polyphenolic fraction of chicory root, peel, seed and leaf extracts on caecal fermentation and blood parameters in rats fed diets containing prebiotic fructans

(2010) Jerzy Juśkiewicz et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Homeostasis and Inflammation in the Intestine

(2010) Wendy S. Garrett et al.   CELL

Pattern Recognition Receptors and Inflammation

(2010) Osamu Takeuchi et al.   CELL

The food additives inulin and stevioside counteract oxidative stress

(2010) Silviya Stoyanova et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD SCIENCES AND NUTRITION

Suppressive effect of short-chain fatty acids on production of proinflammatory mediators by neutrophils

(2010) Marco A.R. Vinolo et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITIONAL BIOCHEMISTRY

Microbiota restoration: natural and supplemented recovery of human microbial communities

(2010) Gregor Reid et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Bacteria Associated with Immunoregulatory Cells in Mice

(2009) L. L. Presley et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Short-chain fatty acids stimulate the migration of neutrophils to inflammatory sites

(2009) Marco A. R. Vinolo et al.   CLINICAL SCIENCE

Better living through microbial action: the benefits of the mammalian gastrointestinal microbiota on the host

(2009) Thomas D. Leser et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Changes in gut microbiota control inflammation in obese mice through a mechanism involving GLP-2-driven improvement of gut permeability

(2009) P. D. Cani et al.   GUT

In VitroAntioxidant Activities of Low-Molecular-Weight Polysaccharides with Various Functional Groups

(2009) Szu Kai Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY

In vitroevaluation of the fermentation properties and potential prebiotic activity of Agave fructans

(2009) E. Gomez et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Regulation of inflammatory responses by gut microbiota and chemoattractant receptor GPR43

(2009) Kendle M. Maslowski et al.   NATURE

A specific mixture of short-chain galacto-oligosaccharides and long-chain fructo-oligosaccharides induces a beneficial immunoglobulin profile in infants at high risk for allergy

(2008) E. van Hoffen et al.   ALLERGY

Long-chain inulin increases dendritic cells in the Peyer's patches and increases ex vivo cytokine secretion in the spleen and mesenteric lymph nodes of growing female rats, independent of zinc status

(2008) Natasha R. Ryz et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Prebiotics, immune function, infection and inflammation: a review of the evidence

(2008) Amy R. Lomax et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Changes in Gut Microbiota Control Metabolic Endotoxemia-Induced Inflammation in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity and Diabetes in Mice

(2008) P. D. Cani et al.   DIABETES

A microbial symbiosis factor prevents intestinal inflammatory disease

(2008) Sarkis K. Mazmanian et al.   NATURE

Regulation of humoral and cellular gut immunity by lamina propria dendritic cells expressing Toll-like receptor 5

(2008) Satoshi Uematsu et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Glucose Tolerance, Lipids, and GLP-1 Secretion in JCR:LA-cp Rats Fed a High Protein Fiber Diet

(2008) Raylene A Reimer et al.   Obesity

Galactinol and Raffinose Constitute a Novel Function to Protect Plants from Oxidative Damage

(2008) A. Nishizawa et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY