Sho Noguchi1, Momoko Nakayama2, Masahiro Eguchi2

  • 1Graduate School of Engineering, Kanto Gakuin University, 1-50-1 Mutsuura-higashi Kanazawa-ku Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

Microbiology and immunology
|November 27, 2025
PubMed
概括

来自Levilactobacillus brevis和Lactiplantibacillus plantarum的细菌酸糖 (PG) 显示出作为疫苗辅助剂的潜力. 这些PG制剂刺激免疫细胞,表明它们在增强疫苗疗效方面的有用性.

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