date:Apr 16, 2013
aintain normal gut microbiota, but probiotics reversed the effect in animal models, according to findings published online ahead of print in Gastroenterology.
The effect of stress could be protected with probiotics which reversed the inhibition of the inflammasome, says senior study author and gastroenterologist Dr. John Y. Kao, associate professor of internal medicine at the University of Michigan. This study reveals an important mechanism for explaining why treating IBS patients with probioti