Oral Administration of Lactobacillus plantarum Strain AYA Enhances IgA Secretion and Provides Survival Protection against Influenza Virus Infection in Mice

• Yosuke Kikuchi,

  Affiliation Research Center for Basic Science, Research and Development, Quality Assurance Division, Nisshin Seifun Group Inc., Fujimino-city, Saitama, Japan

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• Ayami Kunitoh-Asari,

  Affiliation Research Center for Basic Science, Research and Development, Quality Assurance Division, Nisshin Seifun Group Inc., Fujimino-city, Saitama, Japan

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• Katsuyuki Hayakawa,

  Affiliation Research Center for Basic Science, Research and Development, Quality Assurance Division, Nisshin Seifun Group Inc., Fujimino-city, Saitama, Japan

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• Shinjiro Imai,

  Affiliations Research Center for Basic Science, Research and Development, Quality Assurance Division, Nisshin Seifun Group Inc., Fujimino-city, Saitama, Japan, Graduate School of Nutritional and Environmental Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka-city, Shizuoka, Japan

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• Kenji Kasuya,

  Affiliation Yeast Function Development Unit, Oriental Yeast Co., Ltd., Itabashi-ku, Tokyo Japan

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• Kimio Abe,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Yeast and Fermentation Food Division, Oriental Yeast Co., Ltd., Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Yu Adachi,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Shin-ichi Fukudome,

  Affiliation Research Center for Basic Science, Research and Development, Quality Assurance Division, Nisshin Seifun Group Inc., Fujimino-city, Saitama, Japan

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• Yoshimasa Takahashi,

  Affiliation Department of Immunology, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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• Satoshi Hachimura

  * E-mail: ahachi@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp

  Affiliation Research Center for Food Safety, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

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