Lactobacillus paracasei ATG-EI strain or composition comprising same for preventing or treating respiratory disease

Abstract

A novel strain, Lactobacillus paracasei ATG-E1 (Accession No. KCTC 14245BP), and a composition containing the same for preventing or treating respiratory diseases which are caused by fine particulate matter. The Lactobacillus paracasei ATG-E1 strain reduces the number of immune cells bronchoalveolar and lung tissues and inhibits the expression of inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-17A (IL-17A), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), macrophage inflammatory protein 2 (MIP2), C-X-C motif chemokine ligand 1 (CXCL-1), macrophage inflammatory protein-α (MIP-1α) or interleukin-6 (IL-6). Therefore, the Lactobacillus paracasei ATG-E1 strain can be used for a treatment or health functional food for various respiratory diseases such as acute and chronic bronchitis, catarrhal bronchitis, bronchitis obliterans, inflammatory bronchitis, bronchial asthma, atopic asthma, non-atopic asthma, atopic IgE-mediated asthma, allergic asthma, non-allergic asthma, chronic bronchoconstriction, acute bronchoconstriction, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, bronchial adenoma, pulmonary tuberculosis, emphysema, lung abscess, pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, airway cancer, bronchoalveolar cancer, and bronchial cancer.

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