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Modification of Immunological Parameters, Oxidative Stress Markers, Mood Symptoms, and Well-Being Status in CFS Patients after Probiotic Intake: Observations from a Pilot Study
Joint Authors
Ricevuti, Giovannoi
Venturini, Letizia
Bacchi, Sara
Lorusso, Lorenzo
Cusa, Chiara
Capelli, Enrica
Source
Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-11-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The present study discusses about the effects of a combination of probiotics able to stimulate the immune system of patients affected by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME).
To this purpose, patients diagnosed according to Fukuda’s criteria and treated with probiotics were analyzed by means of clinical and laboratory evaluations, before and after probiotic administrations.
Probiotics were selected considering the possible pathogenic mechanisms of ME/CFS syndrome, which has been associated with an impaired immune response, dysregulation of Th1/Th2 ratio, and high oxidative stress with exhaustion of antioxidant reserve due to severe mitochondrial dysfunction.
Immune and oxidative dysfunction could be related with the gastrointestinal (GI) chronic low-grade inflammation in the lamina propria and intestinal mucosal surface associated with dysbiosis, leaky gut, bacterial translocation, and immune and oxidative dysfunction.
Literature data demonstrate that bacterial species are able to modulate the functions of the immune and oxidative systems and that the administration of some probiotics can improve mucosal barrier function, modulating the release of proinflammatory cytokines, in CFS/ME patients.
This study represents a preliminary investigation to verifying the safety and efficacy of a certain combination of probiotics in CFS/ME patients.
The results suggest that probiotics can modify the well-being status as well as inflammatory and oxidative indexes in CFS/ME patients.
No adverse effects were observed except for one patient, which displayed a flare-up of symptoms, although all inflammatory parameters (i.e., cytokines, fecal calprotectin, ESR, and immunoglobulins) were reduced after probiotic intake.
The reactivation of fatigue symptoms in this patient, whose clinical history reported the onset of CFS/ME following mononucleosis, could be related to an abnormal stimulation of the immune system as suggested by a recent study describing an exaggerated immune activation associated with chronic fatigue.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Venturini, Letizia& Bacchi, Sara& Capelli, Enrica& Lorusso, Lorenzo& Ricevuti, Giovannoi& Cusa, Chiara. 2019. Modification of Immunological Parameters, Oxidative Stress Markers, Mood Symptoms, and Well-Being Status in CFS Patients after Probiotic Intake: Observations from a Pilot Study. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1202299
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Venturini, Letizia…[et al.]. Modification of Immunological Parameters, Oxidative Stress Markers, Mood Symptoms, and Well-Being Status in CFS Patients after Probiotic Intake: Observations from a Pilot Study. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1202299
American Medical Association (AMA)
Venturini, Letizia& Bacchi, Sara& Capelli, Enrica& Lorusso, Lorenzo& Ricevuti, Giovannoi& Cusa, Chiara. Modification of Immunological Parameters, Oxidative Stress Markers, Mood Symptoms, and Well-Being Status in CFS Patients after Probiotic Intake: Observations from a Pilot Study. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1202299
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1202299