Comparative Effects of Probiotics, Prebiotics, and Synbiotics on Growth Factors in the Large Bowel in a Rat Model of Formula‐induced Bowel Inflammation

Abstract

Induction of IGF-I and EGF with moderate bowel integrity may represent a protective effect of probiotics against formula-induced inflammation. These data, taken collectively, suggest that probiotics may provide more beneficial effects on the developing large bowel than prebiotics and synbiotics.