[Antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activities of Lactobacillus acidophilus Ke-10]

In addition to a high antimicrobial activity toward infective agents of some diseases of the human gastrointestinal tract, Lactobacillus acidophilus Ke-10 also had an immunomodulatory effect in physiological experiments both in vivo and in vitro. This strain of lactic acid bacteria was found to be able to restore the proliferation reaction of lymphocytes and their capacity to produce interleukin-2 (IL-2) in rats with a model radiation-induced immune deficiency.