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3-day-old miniature piglets were stimulatedin vivo withBacillus firmus by the intraperitoneal or intragastric route for 1 d. Cells containing IgA and IgG2 were detected in the ileum in all stimulated but not in control animals. The frequency of blood CD3+ cells increased after intraperitoneal administration ofB. firmus, the ratio of polymorphonuclears to lymphocytes increased in all stimulated piglets.B. firmus induced antitumor immunity in rats with transplanted Yoshida sarcoma cells. Granular lymphocytes and dead tumor cells were found in peritoneal exudate of stimulated animals.B. firmus induced IFN-γ synthesis in human blood lymphocytes stimulatedin vitro for 1 d. The amount of TNF-α produced by these stimulated human peripheral blood mononuclears (PBMC) was lower than that of PBMC stimulated with some other bacterial immunomodulators. Cells containing TGF-β or IL-8 were not found in human PBMC stimulated withB. firmus.
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Trebichavský, I., Mára, M., Šinkora, J. et al. Immunomodulatory effects ofBacillus firmus . Folia Microbiol 42, 403–408 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02816958
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