Prevention and treatment of enteric viral infections: possible benefits of probiotic bacteria.

Florence Colbère-Garapin (1) , Sandra Martin-Latil (1) , Bruno Blondel (1) , Laurence Mousson (1) , Isabelle Pelletier (1) , Arnaud Autret (1) , Alan François (2) , Violeta Niborski (2) , Gianfranco Grompone (2) , Guillaume Catonnet (2) , Ariane van de Moer (2)

1 BVE - Biologie des Virus entériques
2 Danone Research

The structure and function of the intestinal epithelium is briefly described, with the principal mechanisms involved in diarrhea. Human enteric viruses and probiotics are presented. We then review how probiotic bacteria could interfere with virus-induced pathology, we present our own view and describe specific interactions that would be valuable targets for future studies.

Domains: Life Sciences [q-bio]; Microbiology and Parasitology; Virology

Florence Colbère-Garapin, Sandra Martin-Latil, Bruno Blondel, Laurence Mousson, Isabelle Pelletier, et al.. Prevention and treatment of enteric viral infections: possible benefits of probiotic bacteria.. Microbes and Infection, 2007, 9 (14-15), pp.1623-31. ⟨10.1016/j.micinf.2007.09.016⟩. ⟨pasteur-00321121⟩