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Oral vaccination of guinea pigs with a Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine in a lipid matrix protects against aerosol infection with virulent M. bovisSimon Clark
Health Protection Agency, Porton Down, Salisbury SP4 0JG, United Kingdom
Infect Immun 76:3771-6. 2008..bovis in the lungs. Only oral BCG formulated in lipid gave significant protection. These data point to the potential of the BCG-lipid formulation for further development as a tool for controlling tuberculosis in badgers...
Modulation of immune function by a modified bovine whey protein concentrateM L Cross
Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Immunol Cell Biol 77:345-50. 1999..These results are discussed in relation to the potential development of complex-mixture dairy products into health-modulating products...
Patterns of cytokine induction by gram-positive and gram-negative probiotic bacteriaMartin L Cross
Human Nutrition and Health Research Group, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Riddet Building, Level 2, Palmerston North, New Zealand
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 42:173-80. 2004....
Immune-signalling by orally-delivered probiotic bacteria: effects on common mucosal immunoresponses and protection at distal mucosal sitesM L Cross
Human Nutrition and Health Research Group, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol 17:127-34. 2004....
Microbes versus microbes: immune signals generated by probiotic lactobacilli and their role in protection against microbial pathogensMartin L Cross
Human Nutrition and Health Research Group, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 34:245-53. 2002....
Dietary intake of Lactobacillus rhamnosus HNOO1 enhances production of both Th1 and Th2 cytokines in antigen-primed miceMartin L Cross
Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Med Microbiol Immunol 191:49-53. 2002....
Anti-allergy properties of fermented foods: an important immunoregulatory mechanism of lactic acid bacteria?M L Cross
Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Int Immunopharmacol 1:891-901. 2001....
Can immunoregulatory lactic acid bacteria be used as dietary supplements to limit allergies?M L Cross
Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Int Arch Allergy Immunol 125:112-9. 2001....
Dietary probiotic supplementation enhances natural killer cell activity in the elderly: an investigation of age-related immunological changesH S Gill
Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
J Clin Immunol 21:264-71. 2001..These results demonstrate that dietary consumption of probiotic LAB in a milk-based diet may offer benefit to elderly consumers to combat some of the deleterious effects of immunosenescence on cellular immunity...
Immunoregulatory peptides in bovine milkH S Gill
Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Br J Nutr 84:S111-7. 2000..This review highlights our current knowledge of milk-derived immunoregulatory peptides, and outlines areas that are of relevance for further research...
Protection against translocating Salmonella typhimurium infection in mice by feeding the immuno-enhancing probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain HN001H S Gill
Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Med Microbiol Immunol 190:97-104. 2001..rhamnosus strain HN001 displays immuno-enhancing properties in S. typhimurium-infected mice, and demonstrates that oral delivery of this probiotic can promote increased protection against a highly virulent enteric bacterial pathogen...
Enhancement of immunity in the elderly by dietary supplementation with the probiotic Bifidobacterium lactis HN019H S Gill
Milk and Health Research Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Am J Clin Nutr 74:833-9. 2001..The aging process can lead to a decline in cellular immunity. Therefore, the elderly could benefit from safe and effective interventions that restore cellular immune functions...
Optimizing immunity and gut function in the elderlyH S Gill
Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
J Nutr Health Aging 5:80-91. 2001..This review outlines our current understanding of the ways in which aging affects immune and gut function, and discusses clinical evidence for a role of dietary supplementation in countering age-related deficiencies in these processes...
Effect of dietary whey protein concentrate on primary and secondary antibody responses in immunized BALB/c miceP P L Low
Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Int Immunopharmacol 3:393-401. 2003..These results identify bovine WPC as a potentially important dietary protein supplement, capable of enhancing humoral immune responses to a range of heterologous antigens...
Anticancer properties of bovine milkH S Gill
Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Br J Nutr 84:S161-6. 2000..Shortcomings in current studies are highlighted, and future opportunities for targeted research to characterize important anticancer properties of milk are discussed...
Protection of free-living and captive possums against pulmonary challenge with Mycobacterium bovis following oral BCG vaccinationD S L Ramsey
Landcare Research, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Tuberculosis (Edinb) 89:163-8. 2009....
Supplemental dietary whey protein concentrate reduces rotavirus-induced disease symptoms in suckling miceFrances M Wolber
Institute of Food, Nutrition, and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
J Nutr 135:1470-4. 2005..Thus, prophylactic treatment with WPC-IC may reduce rotaviral disease by decreasing the prevalence of severe diarrhea and by decreasing the time period during which severe symptoms and high viral shedding occur...
Murine cytokine responses following multiple oral immunizations using lipid-formulated mycobacterial antigensMartin L Cross
Centre for Innovation, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Immunol Cell Biol 86:214-7. 2008....
Oral vaccination of mice with lipid-encapsulated Mycobacterium bovis BCG: anatomical sites of bacterial replication and immune activityFrank E Aldwell
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
Immunol Cell Biol 83:549-53. 2005..Possible patterns of lymphocyte sensitization and trafficking are discussed...
The effect of bovine colostrum supplementation on salivary IgA in distance runnersChristine V Crooks
Institute of Food Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand
Int J Sport Nutr Exerc Metab 16:47-64. 2006..While this result is statistically significant, its physiological interpretation must be viewed with caution due to the small numbers in this study and the large variability in s-IgA levels...
Oral vaccination against bovine tuberculosis with Mycobacterium bovis BCGMartin L Cross
Immune Solutions, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
Expert Rev Vaccines 6:323-31. 2007....
