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Probiotics: an overview of beneficial effects.

2002 • 964 citations

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1997 • 937 citations

Lactobacillus acidophilus LA 1 binds to cultured human intestinal cell lines and inhibits cell attachment and cell invasion by enterovirulent bacteria.

1994 • 759 citations

Live probiotics protect intestinal epithelial cells from the effects of infection with enteroinvasive Escherichia coli (EIEC)

2003 • 635 citations

Protection from gastrointestinal diseases with the use of probiotics

2001 • 623 citations

Intestinal epithelial responses to enteric pathogens: effects on the tight junction barrier, ion transport, and inflammation

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Lactic Acid Bacteria in the Treatment of Acute Rotavirus Gastroenteritis

1995 • 553 citations

Non-pathogenic bacteria elicit a differential cytokine response by intestinal epithelial cell/leucocyte co-cultures

2000 • 460 citations

Animal antibiotic use has an early but important impact on the emergence of antibiotic resistance in human commensal bacteria

2002 • 458 citations

Interleukin-8 and the chemokine family

1995 • 400 citations

Functional modulation of enterocytes by gram-positive and gram-negative microorganisms

2004 • 394 citations

Zinc Oxide Protects Cultured Enterocytes from the Damage Induced by Escherichia coli

2003 • 360 citations

Neutrophil migration across a cultured intestinal epithelium. Dependence on a CD11b/CD18-mediated event and enhanced efficiency in physiological direction.

1991 • 352 citations

Probiotics and gastrointestinal health

2000 • 337 citations

Probiotics as Biotherapeutic Agents: Present Knowledge and Future Prospects

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DNA from probiotic bacteria modulates murine and human epithelial and immune function

2004 • 314 citations

Probiotic activities of Lactobacillus casei rhamnosus: in vitro adherence to intestinal cells and antimicrobial properties

2001 • 301 citations

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2002 • 298 citations

Antibiotic susceptibility profiles of new probiotic Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium strains

2005 • 281 citations

Cell Surface-Associated Lipoteichoic Acid Acts as an Adhesion Factor for Attachment of Lactobacillus johnsonii La1 to Human Enterocyte-Like Caco-2 Cells

1999 • 237 citations

Lactobacillus GG prevents recurrence of colitis in HLA-B27 transgenic rats after antibiotic treatment

2003 • 224 citations

Probiotics to enhance anti-infective defences in the gastrointestinal tract

2003 • 223 citations

Divergent Patterns of Colonization and Immune Response Elicited from Two IntestinalLactobacillusStrains That Display Similar Properties In Vitro

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Attachment of a noninvasive enteric pathogen, enteropathogenic Escherichia coli, to cultured human intestinal epithelial monolayers induces transmigration of neutrophils

1996 • 156 citations

The gut microflora and intestinal epithelial cells: a continuing dialogue

2002 • 155 citations

Role of EHEC O157:H7 virulence factors in the activation of intestinal epithelial cell NF-κB and MAP kinase pathways and the upregulated expression of interleukin 8

2002 • 148 citations

Lactobacillus acidophilus (strain LB) from the resident adult human gastrointestinal microflora exerts activity against brush border damage promoted by a diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli in human enterocyte-like cells

2002 • 148 citations

A Strain of Enterococcus faecium (18C23) Inhibits Adhesion of Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli K88 to Porcine Small Intestine Mucus

2000 • 138 citations

Preventative effects of a probiotic, Lactobacillus salivarius ssp. salivarius, in the TNBS model of rat colitis.

2005 • 135 citations

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2002 • 134 citations

Variable Response to Probiotics in Two Models of Experimental Colitis in Rats

2002 • 131 citations

NKT cells promote antibody-induced joint inflammation by suppressing transforming growth factor β1 production

2005 • 129 citations

Probiotics in inflammatory bowel disease: possible mechanisms of action.

2005 • 121 citations

Intestinal receptors for adhesive fimbriae of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) K88 in swine - a review

2000 • 104 citations

Enterocytes are the primary source of the chemokine ENA-78 in normal colon and ulcerative colitis

1997 • 101 citations

Chemokines in rheumatoid arthritis

1998 • 101 citations

Inhibition ofSalmonella typhimuriumadhesion to Caco-2 cell cultures byLactobacillusstrain GG spent culture supernate: only a pH effect?

1997 • 93 citations

Probiotics: An Emerging Therapy

2005 • 86 citations

Neutrophil-Mediated Gastrointestinal Injury

1998 • 76 citations

Intestinal epithelial pathobiology: past, present and future

2002 • 64 citations

Effects of interleukin-1β, interleukin-13 and transforming growth factor-β on gene expression in human airway smooth muscle using gene microarrays

2004 • 55 citations

Transforming growth factor-β expression in human retinal pigment epithelial cells is enhanced by Toxoplasma gondii: a possible role in the immunopathogenesis of retinochoroiditis

2002 • 51 citations

Lactobacillus plantarum Inhibits the Intestinal Epithelial Migration of Neutrophils Induced by Enteropathogenic Escherichia coli

2003 • 48 citations

Neutrophil-Activating Peptide ENA-78

1993 • 45 citations

IL‐10 Producing CD14^low Monocytes Inhibit Lymphocyte‐Dependent Activation of Intestinal Epithelial Cells by Commensal Bacteria

2002 • 44 citations

Gut reaction

2004 • 41 citations

The Primary Role in Biologic Activity of the Neutrophil Chemokines IL-8 and GRO-αin Cultured Nasal Epithelial Cells

2003 • 37 citations

Probiotics: A Practical Review of Their Role in Specific Clinical Scenarios

2005 • 33 citations

Neutrophil Migration across Intestinal Epithelium

2000 • 31 citations

Zinc Deficiency Suppresses the Development of Oral Tolerance in Rats

2003 • 29 citations

Chemoattractants as mediators of neutrophilic tissue recruitment

2000 • 26 citations

Bifidobacterium animalis Protects Intestine from Damage Induced by Zinc Deficiency in Rats

1999 • 23 citations

Human intestinal epithelial cells down-regulate IL-8 expression in human intestinal microvascular endothelial cells; role of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-β1)

1998 • 22 citations

Oral administration of bifidobacterium longum culture condensate in a diet-restricted murine peritonitis model enhances polymorphonuclear neutrophil recruitment into the local inflammatory site

2003 • 20 citations