The Effect of Bifidobacterium animalis ssp. lactis HN019 on Cellular Immune Function in Healthy Elderly Subjects: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 9; no. 3; p. 191
• Main Authors: Miller, Larry, Lehtoranta, Liisa, Lehtinen, Markus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 24.02.2017; MDPI
• Subjects: Aged; Bifidobacterium animalis; Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis; clinical trials; confidence interval; elderly; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; immune response; Immunity, Cellular; Killer Cells, Natural - immunology; Killer Cells, Natural - microbiology; Meta-analysis; natural killer cells; neoplasms; Neutrophils - metabolism; Neutrophils - microbiology; Non-Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Older people; Phagocytes - immunology; Phagocytes - microbiology; Probiotics; Probiotics - administration & dosage; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Review; Systematic review; probiotic; Bifidobacterium; aging; immunity; elderly

Elderly people have increased susceptibility to infections and cancer that are associated with decline in cellular immune function. The objective of this work was to determine the efficacy of Bifidobacterium (B.) animalis ssp. lactis HN019 (HN019) supplementation on cellular immune activity in healt...