Probiotic Microbes Sustain Youthful Serum Testosterone Levels and Testicular Size in Aging Mice
The decline of circulating testosterone levels in aging men is associated with adverse health effects. During studies of probiotic bacteria and obesity, we discovered that male mice routinely consuming purified lactic acid bacteria originally isolated from human milk had larger testicles and increas...
Main Authors: | Poutahidis, Theofilos (Contributor), Levkovich, Tatiana (Contributor), Qi, Peimin (Contributor), Lakritz, Jessica (Contributor), Chatzigiagkos, Antonis (Author), Alm, Eric J. (Contributor), Erdman, Susan E. (Contributor), Springer, Alexander D. (Contributor), Varian, Bernard (Contributor), Ibrahim, Yassin (Contributor) |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Division of Comparative Medicine (Contributor) |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science,
2014-04-04T14:31:10Z.
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Online Access: | Get fulltext |
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