Protection of Vaginal Epithelial Cells with Probiotic Lactobacilli and the Effect of Estrogen against Infection by &amp;lt;i&amp;gt;Candida albicans&amp;lt;/i&amp;gt;

Doug Wagner, R.; J. Johnson, Shemedia; R. Tucker, Danielle

doi:10.4236/ojmm.2012.23008

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Protection of Vaginal Epithelial Cells with Probiotic Lactobacilli and the Effect of Estrogen against Infection by <i>Candida albicans</i>

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Authors:

R. Doug Wagner

Shemedia J. Johnson

Danielle R. Tucker

Abstract

Some probiotic strains of lactobacilli appear to be protective against vulvovaginal candidiasis. The vaginal epithelial cell line (VK2 E6/E7) was used as a model to assess the protective mechanisms of probiotic lactobacilli for cells chal- lenged with Candida albicans. Co-culture of VK2 cells with L...

Subject

Lactobacillus rhamnosus

Candida albicans

Probiotic

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