Heat-treated Lactobacillus plantarum increases the immune responses through activation of natural killer cells and macrophages on in vivo and in vitro models.

CONCLUSION: We identified that hLp-nF1 has an immune-enhancing effect through the activation of NK cells and macrophages. Therefore, these findings suggest that hLp-nF1 would be helpful to enhance the immunity.
PMID: 30724726 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Medical Microbiology - February 6, 2019 Category: Microbiology Authors: Moon PD, Lee JS, Kim HY, Han NR, Kang I, Kim HM, Jeong HJ Tags: J Med Microbiol Source Type: research