The Anti-Allergic Effects of Lactic Acid Bacteria Are Strain Dependent and Mediated by Effects on both Th1/Th2 Cytokine Expression and Balance

Abstract

Improving the consequences of the Th1/Th2 imbalance by administration of LAB was dependent upon the LAB strain rather than the LAB species. Oral KW3110 administration in the mouse allergy model directed the Th1/Th2 balance toward Th1 through the maturation of APCs and inhibition of serum IgE elevation.