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Oral Administration of an Immunostimulatory DNA Sequence from Bifidobacterium longum Improves Th1/Th2 Balance in a Murine Model

Noritoshi TAKAHASHIFood Research and Development Laboratory, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
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Haruki KITAZAWALaboratory of Animal Products Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
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Noriyuki IWABUCHIFood Research and Development Laboratory, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
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Jin-Zhong XIAOFood Research and Development Laboratory, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
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Kazuhiro MIYAJIFood Research and Development Laboratory, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
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Keiji IWATSUKIFood Research and Development Laboratory, Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.
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Tadao SAITOLaboratory of Animal Products Chemistry, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
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Pages 2013-2017 | Received 10 May 2006, Accepted 24 Jun 2006, Published online: 22 May 2014

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