Harsharnjit S Gill

Summary

Affiliation: Massey University
Country: New Zealand

Publications

  1. ncbi Enhancement of natural and acquired immunity by Lactobacillus rhamnosus (HN001), Lactobacillus acidophilus (HN017) and Bifidobacterium lactis (HN019)
    H S Gill
    Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
    Br J Nutr 83:167-76. 2000
  2. ncbi Probiotics to enhance anti-infective defences in the gastrointestinal tract
    Harsharnjit S Gill
    Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
    Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 17:755-73. 2003
  3. ncbi Immune enhancement conferred by oral delivery of Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 in different milk-based substrates
    H S Gill
    Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
    J Dairy Res 68:611-6. 2001
  4. ncbi Protection against translocating Salmonella typhimurium infection in mice by feeding the immuno-enhancing probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain HN001
    H 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
  5. ncbi Enhancement of immunity in the elderly by dietary supplementation with the probiotic Bifidobacterium lactis HN019
    H S Gill
    Milk and Health Research Centre, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
    Am J Clin Nutr 74:833-9. 2001
  6. ncbi Dietary probiotic supplementation enhances natural killer cell activity in the elderly: an investigation of age-related immunological changes
    H 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
  7. ncbi Viability and dose-response studies on the effects of the immunoenhancing lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus rhamnosus in mice
    H S Gill
    Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
    Br J Nutr 86:285-9. 2001
  8. ncbi Optimizing immunity and gut function in the elderly
    H 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
  9. ncbi Anticancer properties of bovine milk
    H 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
  10. ncbi Immunoregulatory peptides in bovine milk
    H 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

Detail Information

Publications15

  1. ncbi Enhancement of natural and acquired immunity by Lactobacillus rhamnosus (HN001), Lactobacillus acidophilus (HN017) and Bifidobacterium lactis (HN019)
    H S Gill
    Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
    Br J Nutr 83:167-76. 2000
    ..lactis. Together, these results suggest that supplementation of the diet with L. rhamnosus (HN001), L. acidophilus (HN017) or B. lactis (HN019) is able to enhance several indices of natural and acquired immunity in healthy mice...
  2. ncbi Probiotics to enhance anti-infective defences in the gastrointestinal tract
    Harsharnjit S Gill
    Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Private Bag 11222, Palmerston North, New Zealand
    Best Pract Res Clin Gastroenterol 17:755-73. 2003
    ....
  3. ncbi Immune enhancement conferred by oral delivery of Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 in different milk-based substrates
    H S Gill
    Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
    J Dairy Res 68:611-6. 2001
    ..These studies confirm that Lb. rhamnosus HN001, derived originally from dairy food, enhances immune function following oral delivery in different milk bases...
  4. ncbi Protection against translocating Salmonella typhimurium infection in mice by feeding the immuno-enhancing probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus strain HN001
    H 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...
  5. ncbi Enhancement of immunity in the elderly by dietary supplementation with the probiotic Bifidobacterium lactis HN019
    H 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...
  6. ncbi Dietary probiotic supplementation enhances natural killer cell activity in the elderly: an investigation of age-related immunological changes
    H 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...
  7. ncbi Viability and dose-response studies on the effects of the immunoenhancing lactic acid bacterium Lactobacillus rhamnosus in mice
    H S Gill
    Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
    Br J Nutr 86:285-9. 2001
    ....
  8. ncbi Optimizing immunity and gut function in the elderly
    H 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...
  9. ncbi Anticancer properties of bovine milk
    H 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...
  10. ncbi Immunoregulatory peptides in bovine milk
    H 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...
  11. ncbi Immunization with Streptococcus bovis protects against lactic acidosis in sheep
    H S Gill
    Division of Animal Science, University of New England, Armidale, Australia
    Vaccine 18:2541-8. 2000
    ..These results demonstrate that lactic acidosis can be reduced by immunization against S. bovis, and that live Sb-5 vaccine is effective in invoking mucosal as well as systemic antibody responses...
  12. ncbi Immune protection mediated by the probiotic Lactobacillus rhamnosus HN001 (DR20) against Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection in mice
    Quan Shu
    Milk and Health Research Centre, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
    FEMS Immunol Med Microbiol 34:59-64. 2002
    ..These results demonstrate that feeding the probiotic L. rhamnosus HN001 to mice can reduce the severity of E. coli O157:H7 infection, and suggest that this reduction may be associated with enhanced humoral and cellular immune responses...
  13. ncbi Dietary intake of Lactobacillus rhamnosus HNOO1 enhances production of both Th1 and Th2 cytokines in antigen-primed mice
    Martin 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
    ....
  14. ncbi Modulation of the microbial ecology of the human colon by probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics to enhance human health: an overview of enabling science and potential applications
    Robert A Rastall
    School of Food Biosciences, The University of Reading, PO Box 226, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AP, UK
    FEMS Microbiol Ecol 52:145-52. 2005
    ..Increasing knowledge of the metabolism of prebiotics by probiotics is allowing us to consider specifically targeting such dietary intervention tools at specific population groups and specific disease states...
  15. ncbi Mechanisms of disease: the hygiene hypothesis revisited
    Francisco Guarner
    University Hospital Vall d Hebron, Barcelona, Spain
    Nat Clin Pract Gastroenterol Hepatol 3:275-84. 2006
    ..The use of probiotics, prebiotics, helminths or microbe-derived immunoregulatory vaccines might, therefore, become a valuable approach to disease prevention...