About the Authors
- Claes Ohlsson
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Affiliation Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Cecilia Engdahl
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Affiliations Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Frida Fåk
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Affiliation Applied Nutrition and Food Chemistry, Department of Food Technology, Engineering and Nutrition, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
- Annica Andersson
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Affiliations Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Sara H. Windahl
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Affiliation Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Helen H. Farman
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Affiliation Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Sofia Movérare-Skrtic
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Affiliation Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Ulrika Islander
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Affiliations Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
- Klara Sjögren
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* E-mail: Klara.Sjogren@medic.gu.se
Affiliation Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Competing Interests
A pending patent application SE 1351571-3, where the main applicant is Probi AB, who provided the study product, but have not otherwise been involved in the conduction of the experiments and the analyses of data. Name of patent application: SE 1351571-3. Name of study products: Lactobacillus (L.) paracasei DSM13434 (8700:2), L. plantarum DSM 15312 (HEAL 9) and L. plantarum DSM 15313 (HEAL 19). The authors Klara Sjögren and Claes Ohlsson are included in the patent application as inventors but are not further involved in the activities of Probi AB. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CO CE FF AA UI KS. Performed the experiments: CO CE FF AA SW HF SMS KS. Analyzed the data: CO CE FF AA SW HF SMS UI KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CO CE FF AA SW HF SMS UI KS. Wrote the paper: CO CE FF AA SW HF SMS UI KS.