“…Many probiotic effects are mediated through immune regulation, particularly through balance control of proinflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines (Di Giacinto, Marinaro, Sanchez, Strober, & Boirivant, 1950;Foligne et al, 2010;Hacini-Rachinel et al, 1950;Jobin, 2010;Li, Xia, & Li, 2009). However, several animal and human studies have provided unequivocal evidence that specific strains of probiotics are able to stimulate several aspects of innate immunity (Amit-Romach et al, 2010;Boirivant et al, 2008;Boirivant & Strober, 2007;Farnell et al, 2006;Romanin et al, 2010;Weiss et al, 2010) as well as to increase humoral immunity (Fang, Elina, Heikki, & Seppo, 2000;Galdeano, de Leblanc Ade, Carmuega, Weill, & Perdigon, 2009;Leblanc, Fliss, & Matar, 2004;Nermes, Kantele, Atosuo, Salminen, & Isolauri, 2011).…”