Suppression of Histamine Signaling by Probiotic Lac-B: a Possible Mechanism of Its Anti-allergic Effect

• Main Authors: Shrabanti Dev (Author), Hiroyuki Mizuguchi (Author), Asish K. Das (Author), Chiyo Matsushita (Author), Kazutaka Maeyama (Author), Hayato Umehara (Author), Takayuki Ohtoshi (Author), Jun Kojima (Author), Kiyotaka Nishida (Author), Kunihiko Takahashi (Author), Hiroyuki Fukui (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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It has been shown that probiotic bacteria are effective for the treatment of allergic diseases. As histamine plays a central role in allergic diseases, it is possible that probiotic bacteria affect the allergy-related histamine signaling. Here, we investigated the effect of Lac-B, a mixture of freez...