Probiotic LB101 alleviates dry eye in mice by suppressing matrix metalloproteinase-9 expression through the regulation of gut microbiota-involved NF-κB signaling

• Xiaoyang Ma,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Neurobiota Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

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• Yoon-Jung Shin,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software

  Affiliation Neurobiota Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

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• Soo-Won Yun,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Neurobiota Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

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• Seok Won Jang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation PB Department, NVP Healthcare, Inc., Suwon, Korea

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• Seung-Won Han,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation PB Department, NVP Healthcare, Inc., Suwon, Korea

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• Dong-Hyun Kim

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dhkim@khu.ac.kr

  Affiliation Neurobiota Research Center, College of Pharmacy, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4783-7900

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