Journal of Probiotics & Health
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Department of Pediatrics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston McGovern Medical School, Houston, Texas 77030, United States

Biography

Dr. J. Marc Rhoads is a pediatric gastroenterologist in Houston, TX and is division head of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at the University of Texas-McGoven Medical School in Houston. He is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Children's Memorial Hermann Hosptial, Lyndon Baines Johnson Hospital and University of Texas M.D. 

Publications

• Research   
  Human Breast Milk Promotes the Immunomodulatory Function of Probiotic Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 in the Neonatal Rat Intestine
  Author(s): Thomas K Hoang, Jasmin Freeborn, Ting Wang, Tu Mai, Baokun He, Sinyoung Park, Dat Q Tran, Stefan Roos, J Marc Rhoads and Yuying Liu*
  
  Background and objective: Breast milk has many growth-promoting and immune-active components, including transforming growth factor-β, lactoferrin, lysozyme, immunoglobulin A, and prebiotics such as the human milk oligosaccharides. Treatment with Lactobacillus reuteri DSM 17938 (LR), a probiotic with immunomodulatory functions, significantly increases regulatory T cells (Tregs) in the intestinal mucosa of newborn suckling rats. In humans, treatment with LR of infants with colic reduces crying optimally if the infants are breast-fed. Therefore, we examined the effects of human breast milk (HBM) on LR-associated immune modulation. Methods: Newborn rats were divided into 8 feeding groups, including dam-fed ± LR (106 CFU/kg bw/day, daily), formula-fed ± LR, formula with 20% (v/v) HBM-fed ± LR, and HBM.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2329-8901.19.7.210

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