Immunomodulation, Bioavailability and Safety of Bacteriocins

Application of Bacteriocins in Food Preservation and Safety

Recent developments in the application of bacteriocin-producing bacteria to preserve food and maintain its safety are reviewed. The aim is to create a comprehensive compilation of advances in the applications of bacteriocins or the bacteria that produce them. Bacteria reviewed possess genetic mechanisms to produce, modify and export bacteriocins as well as genetic mechanisms to avoid self destr...

Probiotics: immunomodulation and evaluation of safety and efficacy.

The intake of probiotics has been associated with beneficial effects on the immune system, such as improved disease resistance and diminished risk of allergies. This review gives an overview of the immunomodulatory effects of probiotics investigated with in vitro assays, experimental animal models, and clinical trials, and explores possible mechanisms underlying the immunomodulatory effects. Im...

Bacteriocins, spite and virulence.

There has been much interest in using social evolution theory to predict the damage to a host from parasite infection, termed parasite virulence. Most of this work has focused on how high kinship between the parasites infecting a host can select for more prudent exploitation of the host, leading to a negative relationship between virulence and parasite kinship. However, it has also been shown t...

The Bacteriocins.

Immunomodulation and safety of topical calcineurin inhibitors for the treatment of atopic dermatitis.

Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic or chronically relapsing inflammatory skin condition that primarily affects children. Topical corticosteroids have been the mainstay of treatment since the late 1950s. While providing excellent short-term efficacy, topical corticosteroid usage is limited by potential adverse effects, including impairment of the function and viability of Langerhans cells/dendr...