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ArticleScientific reports2016

Specific immunotherapy plus Clostridium butyricum alleviates ulcerative colitis in patients with food allergy.

Bin Lan, Fan Yang, Dong Lu, Zhenlv Lin

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Bin LanDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, Fujian, China.
Fan YangDepartment of Gastroenterological Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, Fujian, China.
Dong LuDepartment of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, Fujian, China.
Zhenlv LinDepartment of Emergency Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou 350005, Fujian, China.
Fujian Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aberrant T cell activation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of intestinal inflammation, such as ulcerative colitis (UC). C. butyricum (Cb) is a probiotic and has been employed in the treatment of immune diseases. This study tests a hypothesis that specific immunotherapy (SIT) plus oral Cb (an over-the-counter probiotic) alleviates the UC symptoms. In this study, we conducted a randomized, double-blind, clinical study at our hospital. A total of 80 patients with relapsing-remitting ulcerative colitis and high levels of specific IgE antibody was randomly divided into 4 groups, and were treated with SIT or/and Cb, or placebo, respectively for 1 year. The results showed that a food antigen-specific Th2 polarization immune response was observed in UC patients with food allergy (FA). The frequency of regulatory B cells was significantly less in UC patients with FA as compared with healthy subjects. The UC patients with FA were treated with SIT and Cb showed significant amelioration of UC clinical symptoms, reduction of using UC-control medicines, and suppression of the skewed Th2 polarization, which did not occur in those treated with either SIT alone, or Cb alone, or placebo. In conclusion, combination of SIT and Cb efficiently alleviates a fraction of UC patients.

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ImmunotherapyAdultAntigensB-LymphocytesClostridium butyricumColitis, UlcerativeFemaleFood HypersensitivityHumansMaleTh2 CellsAntigens

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PMID27167186
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