Jornal de Saúde, Questões e Cuidados da Mulher

Pharmacological Characteristics of Lacobacillus gasseri OLL2809 and its Application to the Endometriosis Therapy

Masayuki Uchida, Toshihiro Sashihara, Orie Kobayashi and Hiroyuki Itoh

Pharmacological Characteristics of Lacobacillus gasseri OLL2809 and its Application to the Endometriosis Therapy

Many probiotics have been developed for the treatment of diseases. However, there is no probiotics for the treatment of endometriosis. In the pathology of endometriosis involvement of impaired peritoneal immunosurveillance systems has been well established, suggesting the impaired activity of natural killer (NK) cell in the peritoneal cavity.