The effects of non-viable Lactobacillus on immune function in the elderly: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

Prebiotics, probiotics, synbiotics, and the immune system

(2015) Remo Frei et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN GASTROENTEROLOGY

Lactobacillusin Jelly Enhances the Effect of Influenza Vaccination in Elderly Individuals

(2015) Hiroyasu Akatsu et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY

The microbiota regulates neutrophil homeostasis and host resistance to Escherichia coli K1 sepsis in neonatal mice

(2014) Hitesh S Deshmukh et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Clinically diagnosed infections predict disability in activities of daily living among the oldest-old in the general population: the Leiden 85-plus Study

(2013) M. A. A. Caljouw et al.   AGE AND AGEING

Understanding immunosenescence to improve responses to vaccines

(2013) Jörg J Goronzy et al.   NATURE IMMUNOLOGY

Ageing, immunity and influenza: a role for probiotics?

(2013) Parveen Yaqoob   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NUTRITION SOCIETY

Immunoprotective effects of oral intake of heat-killed Lactobacillus pentosus strain b240 in elderly adults: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

(2012) Shoji Shinkai et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Priming of Natural Killer Cells by Nonmucosal Mononuclear Phagocytes Requires Instructive Signals from Commensal Microbiota

(2012) Stephanie C. Ganal et al.   IMMUNITY

Clinical Effects of Probiotic Bifidobacterium longum BB536 on Immune Function and Intestinal Microbiota in Elderly Patients Receiving Enteral Tube Feeding

(2012) Hiroyasu Akatsu et al.   JOURNAL OF PARENTERAL AND ENTERAL NUTRITION

Evaluation of the immune benefits of two probiotic strains Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis, BB-12® and Lactobacillus paracasei ssp. paracasei, L. casei 431® in an influenza vaccination model: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

(2011) Giuliano Rizzardini et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

The immunomodulatory properties of probiotic microorganisms beyond their viability (ghost probiotics: proposal of paraprobiotic concept)

(2011) Valentina Taverniti et al.   Genes and Nutrition

Immunosenescence: Implications for vaccination programmes in adults

(2011) Pierre Olivier Lang et al.   MATURITAS

Effects ofBifidobacterium longumBB536 Administration on Influenza Infection, Influenza Vaccine Antibody Titer, and Cell-Mediated Immunity in the Elderly

(2010) Kazuyoshi NAMBA et al.   BIOSCIENCE BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Infectious Diseases in the Nursing Home Setting: Challenges and Opportunities for Clinical Investigation

(2010) Manisha Juthani‐Mehta et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Aging of the innate immune system

(2010) Albert C Shaw et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY

Oral intake of Lactobacillus pentosus strain b240 accelerates salivary immunoglobulin A secretion in the elderly: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial

(2010) Yoshifumi Kotani et al.   Immunity & Ageing

Consumption of a fermented dairy product containing the probiotic Lactobacillus casei DN-114 001 reduces the duration of respiratory infections in the elderly in a randomised controlled trial

(2009) E. Guillemard et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Mechanisms of probiotic actions – A review

(2009) Tobias A. Oelschlaeger   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Regulation of inflammatory responses by gut microbiota and chemoattractant receptor GPR43

(2009) Kendle M. Maslowski et al.   NATURE

A probiotic fermented dairy drink improves antibody response to influenza vaccination in the elderly in two randomised controlled trials

(2009) Thierry Boge et al.   VACCINE

Subdividing the Age Group of 85 Years and Older to Improve US Disease Reporting

(2008) Francis P. Boscoe   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH