@article{oai:nagasaki-u.repo.nii.ac.jp:00013535, author = {Tanaka, Akitaka and Seki, Masafumi and Yamahira, Satoko and Noguchi, Hiroki and Kosai, Kosuke and Toba, Masamichi and Morinaga, Yoshitomo and Miyazaki, Taiga and Izumikawa, Koichi and Kakeya, Hiroshi and Yamamoto, Yoshihiro and Yanagihara, Katsunori and Tashiro, Takayoshi and Kohda, Noriyuki and Kohno, Shigeru}, issue = {1}, journal = {Letters in Applied Microbiology}, month = {Jul}, note = {Oral administration of probiotics has been known to improve inflammatory responses against infectious diseases. Here, we describe the inhibitory effect of oral intake of heat-killed Lactobacillus pentosus strain b240 (b240) on pneumococcal pneumonia in a murine experimental model., Letters in Applied Microbiology, 53(1), pp.35-43; 2011}, pages = {35--43}, title = {Lactobacillus pentosus strain b240 suppresses pneumonia induced by Streptococcus pneumoniae in mice.}, volume = {53}, year = {2011} }