title: Probiotics and stabilisation of the gut mucosal barrier.
abstract: Probiotic bacteria are used to treat disturbed intestinal microflora and altered gut permeability which are characteristic to many intestinal disorders. Examples include children with acute rotavirus diarrhoea, subjects with food allergy and patients undergoing pelvic radiotherapy. Altered intestinal microflora has been treated by oral intake of probiotic bacteria which are able to survive gastric conditions, colonise the intestine, at least temporarily, by adhering to the intestinal epithelium. Such probiotic microorganisms appear to be promising candidates for the treatment of clinical conditions with abnormal gut microflora and altered gut mucosal barrier functions.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, University of Turku, Finland and Key Centre for Applied and Nutritional Toxicology, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Salminen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Isolauri
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salminen