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Probiotic ‘glow of health’: it's more than skin deep

Author(s) -

Suzan E. Erdman,

Theofilos Poutahidis

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

beneficial microbes

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.114

H-Index - 40

eISSN - 1876-2891

pISSN - 1876-2883

DOI - 10.3920/bm2013.0042

Subject(s) - integumentary system , probiotic , biology , reproductive success , immune system , neuropeptide , physiology , oxytocin , reproductive health , health benefits , medicine , immunology , bacteria , endocrinology , anatomy , population , biochemistry , genetics , receptor , environmental health , traditional medicine

Radiant skin and hair are universal indicators of good health. It was recently shown that feeding of probiotic bacteria to aged mice rapidly induced youthful vitality characterised by thick lustrous skin and hair, and enhanced reproductive fitness, not seen in untreated controls. Probiotic-treated animals displayed integrated immune and hypothalamic-pituitary outputs that were isolated mechanistically to microbe-induced anti-inflammatory interleukin-10 and neuropeptide hormone oxytocin. In this way, probiotic microbes interface with mammalian physiological underpinnings to impart superb physical and reproductive fitness displayed as radiant and resilient skin and mucosae, unveiling novel strategies for integumentary health.

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