Probiotics and Amelioration of Rheumatoid Arthritis: Significant Roles of Lactobacillus casei and Lactobacillus acidophilus

resumo

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disorder that can lead to disability conditions with swollen joints, pain, stiffness, cartilage degradation, and osteoporosis. Genetic, epigenetic, sex-specific factors, smoking, air pollution, food, oral hygiene, periodontitis, Prevotella, and imbalance in the gastrointestinal microbiota are possible sources of the initiation or progression of rheumatoid arthritis, although the detailed mechanisms still need to be elucidated. Probiotics containing Lactobacillus spp. are commonly used as alleviating agents or food supplements to manage diarrhea, dysentery, develop immunity, and maintain general health. The mechanism of action of Lactobacillus spp. against rheumatoid arthritis is still not clearly known to date. In this narrative review, we recapitulate the findings of recent studies to understand the overall pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis and the roles of probiotics, particularly L. casei or L. acidophilus, in the management of rheumatoid arthritis in clinical and preclinical studies.

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LAYER PROTEIN-A; GUT MICROBIOTA; DOUBLE-BLIND; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; PREVOTELLA-INTERMEDIA; VITAMIN-B-6 STATUS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; DISEASE-ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL-DNA; SUPPLEMENTATION

categoria

Microbiology

autores

Paul, AK; Paul, A; Jahan, R; Jannat, K; Bondhon, TA; Hasan, A; Nissapatorn, V; Pereira, ML; Wilairatana, P; Rahmatullah, M

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M.L.P. thanks project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, UIDB/50011/2020 and UIDP/50011/2020, national funds by FCT/MCTES.

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