Antimicrobial and inflammatory properties of South African clinical Lactobacillus isolates and vaginal probiotics

Lactobacillus -Deficient Cervicovaginal Bacterial Communities Are Associated with Increased HIV Acquisition in Young South African Women

(2017) Christina Gosmann et al.   IMMUNITY

Converging epidemics of sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis in southern African female adolescents at risk of HIV

(2017) Shaun L Barnabas et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF STD & AIDS

Vaginal lactic acid elicits an anti-inflammatory response from human cervicovaginal epithelial cells and inhibits production of pro-inflammatory mediators associated with HIV acquisition

(2017) A C Hearps et al.   Mucosal Immunology

The role of lactic acid production by probiotic Lactobacillus species in vaginal health

(2017) Gilda Tachedjian et al.   RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY

Vaginal bacteria modify HIV tenofovir microbicide efficacy in African women

(2017) Nichole R. Klatt et al.   SCIENCE

Microbiome alterations in HIV infection a review

(2016) Brett Williams et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Lactobacillus crispatus inhibits the infectivity of Chlamydia trachomatis elementary bodies, in vitro study

(2016) Paola Nardini et al.   Scientific Reports

Genital Inflammation and the Risk of HIV Acquisition in Women

(2015) Lindi Masson et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Cervicovaginal Bacteria Are a Major Modulator of Host Inflammatory Responses in the Female Genital Tract

(2015) Melis N. Anahtar et al.   IMMUNITY

Antimicrobial and immune modulatory effects of lactic acid and short chain fatty acids produced by vaginal microbiota associated with eubiosis and bacterial vaginosis

(2015) Muriel Aldunate et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

The vaginal microbiome, vaginal anti-microbial defence mechanisms and the clinical challenge of reducing infection-related preterm birth

(2014) SS Witkin   BJOG-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

Cell wall structure and function in lactic acid bacteria

(2014) Marie-Pierre Chapot-Chartier et al.   Microbial Cell Factories

Defining genital tract cytokine signatures of sexually transmitted infections and bacterial vaginosis in women at high risk of HIV infection: a cross-sectional study

(2014) Lindi Masson et al.   SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS

Effects of probiotics for the treatment of bacterial vaginosis in adult women: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

(2013) Haohai Huang et al.   ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS

Vaginal concentrations of lactic acid potently inactivate HIV

(2013) Muriel Aldunate et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Vaginal pH and Microbicidal Lactic Acid When Lactobacilli Dominate the Microbiota

(2013) Deirdre E. O’Hanlon et al.   PLoS One

Commensal Bacteria Modulate Innate Immune Responses of Vaginal Epithelial Cell Multilayer Cultures

(2012) William A. Rose et al.   PLoS One

The genital econiche: focus on microbiota and bacterial vaginosis

(2011) Dan Danielsson et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

In vaginal fluid, bacteria associated with bacterial vaginosis can be suppressed with lactic acid but not hydrogen peroxide

(2011) Deirdre E O'Hanlon et al.   BMC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Influence of Lactic Acid on Endogenous and Viral RNA-Induced Immune Mediator Production by Vaginal Epithelial Cells

(2011) Hannah Mossop et al.   OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Lactic acid stimulates interleukin-23 production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells exposed to bacterial lipopolysaccharide

(2010) Steven S. Witkin et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Vaginal microbiome of reproductive-age women

(2010) J. Ravel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Biosynthesis and Degradation of H2O2 by Vaginal Lactobacilli

(2009) R. Martin et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Longitudinal analysis of the vaginal microflora in pregnancy suggests that L. crispatus promotes the stability of the normal vaginal microflora and that L. gasseri and/or L. iners are more conducive to the occurrence of abnormal vaginal microflora

(2009) Hans Verstraelen et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Use of Lactobacillus probiotics for bacterial genitourinary infections in women: A review

(2008) R BARRONS et al.   CLINICAL THERAPEUTICS