Review Article

Bifidobacterium Longum: Protection against Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Table 1

Effects of B. longum strains in modulating inflammation based on in vitro and ex vivo studies.

StrainsDoseCellEffectRef.

B. longum CECT-7347 cells/mLHT-29 cellIL-8 ↓[62]
B. longum Bif10 and Bif16 CFU/mLRAW264.7 cellTNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6 ↓
SCFA ↑
[59]
B. longum BB536 cells/mLPIE cellTNF-α[60]
B. longum KACC 91563, 107, 108 CFU/wellSplenocytes macrophagesTNF-α ↓, IgE ↓
IL-2, 4, 6, 10, IFN-γ
[51]
B. longum R0033100 : 1 for bacteria to cell ratioHT-29 cellTNF-α, IL-8 ↓[61]
B. longum 51A, 105 CFU/wellKeratinocyte fibroblast cellIL-6, IL-8 ↓[73]
B. longum BL05, 105, 106 CFU/wellHT-29 cell
THP-1 cell
IL-10 ↑
IL-1β, IL-6 ↓
[67]
B. longum LC67, 105 CFU/mLKATO III cellsNF-κB ↓
IL-8 ↓
[41]
B. longum LC67, 106 CFU/mLCaco-2 cellsNF-κB ↓[28, 74]