An intact gut microbiota may be required for lactoferrin-driven immunomodulation in rats
Lactoferrin can modulate both the host immunity and gut microbiota. However, whether the immune modulation requires the gut microbiota has not been directly shown. Thus, our study compared (1) lactoferrin-driven immunomodulation profiles and (2) changes in fecal phylogenic metagenome with and withou...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Functional Foods |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464617306394 |