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Inflammatory bowel disease
Is the mucosal route of administration essential for probiotic function? Subcutaneous administration is associated with attenuation of murine colitis and arthritis
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- Published on: 18 April 2016
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Dear Editor
We read with considerable interest the paper by Sheil et al.[1] who reported the successful application of the subcutaneous route for the probiotic attenuation of colitis.
We agree with the corresponding commentary of Ghosh et al.[2] regarding the need to study mechanisms underlying probiotic interactions. Recently, we further standardized a method to compare the anti-inflammatory pot...
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