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SUBMITTER: van Beek AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5054004 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in immunology 20161007
Although it is clear that probiotics improve intestinal barrier function, little is known about the effects of probiotics on the aging intestine. We investigated effects of 10-week bacterial supplementation of <i>Lactobacillus plantarum</i> WCFS1, <i>Lactobacillus casei</i> BL23, or <i>Bifidobacterium breve</i> DSM20213 on gut barrier and immunity in 16-week-old accelerated aging <i>Ercc1<sup>-/Δ7</sup></i> mice, which have a median lifespan of ~20 weeks, and their wild-type littermates. The col ...[more]