Characterization of Lactobacillus plantarum PH04, a potential probiotic bacterium with cholesterol-lowering effects

TL;DR: Past in vivo studies showed that the administration of probiotics and/or prebiotics are effective in improving lipid profiles, including the reduction of serum/plasma total cholesterol, LDL-ch cholesterol and triglycerides or increment of HDL-cholesterol, but more clinical evidence is needed to strengthen these proposals.

TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-modelling experiment that aims to demonstrate the efforts towards in-situ applicability of EMMARM, as to provide real-time information about the response of the immune system to EMTs.

TL;DR: Probiotic yogurt improved total cholesterol and LDL-C concentrations in type 2 diabetic people and may contribute to the improvement of cardiovascular disease risk factors.

TL;DR: The recent developments in the processes, strategies, and methods, such as anticarcinogenic, antidepression, antianxiety, antiobesity, antidiabetic, immunostimulatory, and cholesterol-lowering assessments, are reviewed to select probiotic strains with the ultimate objective of assisting future probiotic microbe evaluation studies.

TL;DR: Partial table of contents: Chemosystematics: Current State and Future Prospects (M. Goodfellow & A. O'Donnell).

TL;DR: Vigilance regarding the detection of possible rare cases of infection due to probiotics should be maintained, and isolates should be sent to reference centers for molecular characterization and confirmation.

TL;DR: A therapy for myocardial infarction that improved survival by even 20 percent would affect tens of thousands of lives, and a similar benefit in the primary care unit would affect millions of lives.

TL;DR: Significant variations in bile tolerance and ability to assimilate cholesterol were observed among 12 cultures of Lactobacillus acidophilus of human origin and the most active cholesterol-assimilating cultures also varied in the ability to produce bacteriocins.