British journal of nutrition, 2009-03, Vol.101 (5), p.631-632
2009
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- Autor(en) / Beteiligte
- Titel
- Commentary on ‘Prebiotics, immune function, infection and inflammation: a review of the evidence’
- Ist Teil von
- British journal of nutrition, 2009-03, Vol.101 (5), p.631-632
- Ort / Verlag
- Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2009
- Quelle
- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- There is a growing awareness that the gut microbiota and an appropriately functioning immune system play an important role in maintaining human health. Recent population statistics have highlighted some worrying trends, specifically that there is a growing burden of immunological disease in Western populations, that Western populations are ageing, and that obesity, with its strong inflammatory component, is reaching epidemic proportions.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0007-1145eISSN: 1475-2662DOI: 10.1017/S000711450805561XTitel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_733920230
- Format
- –
- Schlagworte
- Animals, Bifidobacteriaceae, diet, Epidemiology, Evidence-Based Medicine, fructans, Gastrointestinal diseases, Genetics, human diseases, human nutrition, Humans, Immune response, Immune system, infection, inflammation, Inflammation - immunology, Inflammation - prevention & control, intestinal microorganisms, Intestines - immunology, Intestines - microbiology, inulin, literature reviews, Opportunistic Infections - immunology, Opportunistic Infections - prevention & control, Population statistics, Prebiotics, Probiotics