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Role of Intestinal Microbiota in Ulcerative Colitis

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Theoretical part<br />

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4. Modulation <strong>of</strong> the gut microbiota<br />

consumption <strong>of</strong> prebiotics or prebiotic candidates decreased the severity <strong>of</strong> colonic damage,<br />

<strong>in</strong>creased colonic levels <strong>of</strong> lactobacilli and bifidobacteria, and decreased levels <strong>of</strong> neutrophile<br />

<strong>in</strong>filtration and pro‐<strong>in</strong>flammatory cytok<strong>in</strong>es (Cherbut et al., 2003;Rumi et al., 2004;Hoentjen et al.,<br />

2005;Camuesco et al., 2005;Osman et al., 2006;Lara‐Villoslada et al., 2006;Kanauchi et al.,<br />

2008;Rodriguez‐Cabezas et al., 2010). However, discrepancies <strong>in</strong> results have been observed <strong>in</strong> the<br />

study by Geier et al. (2007), <strong>in</strong> which prebiotic consumption failed to protect rats from <strong>in</strong>duced<br />

colitis, and even <strong>in</strong>creased neutrophile <strong>in</strong>filtration.<br />

Generally, little is still known regard<strong>in</strong>g the protective effect <strong>of</strong> prebiotics or prebiotic candidates<br />

on IBD, and only a few different prebiotic candidates have been tested <strong>in</strong> vivo with some<br />

discrepancies <strong>in</strong> results, as can be seen <strong>in</strong> Table 4 and Table 5.

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