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SUBMITTER: Fujiya M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7006885 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 20191120 2
The goal of ulcerative colitis (UC) treatment has recently been shown to be "mucosal healing," as no drug directly induces mucosal healing. Probiotics possess sufficient safety, but their efficacy in the treatment of UC remains controversial because of the influence of intestinal conditions. It is believed that the identification of bioactive molecules produced by probiotics and their application will help to solve this issue. We therefore identified a probiotic-derived long-chain polyphosphate ...[more]