Beneficial bacteria stimulate host immune cells to counteract dietary and genetic predisposition to mammary cancer in mice

Beneficial bacteria stimulate host immune cells to counteract dietary and genetic predisposition to mammary cancer in mice

Recent studies suggest health benefits including protection from cancer after eating fermented foods such as probiotic yogurt, though the mechanisms are not well understood. Here we tested mechanistic hypotheses using two different animal models: the first model studied development of mammary cancer...

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Main Authors: Lakritz, Jessica (Contributor), Poutahidis, Theofilos (Contributor), Levkovich, Tatiana (Contributor), Chatzigiagkos, Antonis (Author), Mirabal, Sheyla (Contributor), Alm, Eric J. (Contributor), Erdman, Susan E. (Contributor), Varian, Bernard (Contributor), Ibrahim, Yassin (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Division of Comparative Medicine (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Wiley Blackwell, 2015-04-09T19:54:31Z.
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