Probiotic bifidobacterium strain
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- PRECISIONBIOTICS GRP LTD
- Publication Date
- 2013-02-27
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Abstract
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Background of the invention
[0001] The present invention relates to bifidobacterium strains and their use as probiotics, in particular as immunoregulatory biotherapeutics.
[0002] The defense mechanisms that protect the human gastrointestinal tract from colonization with enteric bacteria are highly complex and involve both immune and non-immune aspects (1). Innate defense mechanisms include low pH of the stomach, bile salts, motility, mucin layer and antimicrobial compounds such as lysozyme (2). The immunological mechanism involves specific lymphoid aggregates beneath M cells, called Peyers patches, which are distributed throughout the small intestine and colon (3). Luminal antigens present at these locations stimulate appropriate T and B cell subsets, establish cytokine networks and secrete antibodies into the gastrointestinal tract (4). In addition, antigens can be presented via epithelial cells to intraepithelial lymphocytes and underlying lamina propria immune cells (5)...