Poor oral health is common in athletic populations. Salivary IgA has been reported to be decreased following bouts of intense exercise, but this may influenced part by status as plays an important role mucosal homeostasis. PURPOSE: Examine and salivary responses exercise elite college athletes. METHODS: Twenty-Division I collegiate female soccer players underwent a brief dental examination usin...

The rumen microbiome is integral to efficient production in cattle and shows strong host specificity, yet little is known about what host factors shape rumen microbial composition. Secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA) is produced in large amounts in the saliva, can coat both commensal and pathogenic microbes within the gut, and presents a plausible mechanism of host specificity. However, the role ...

OBJECTIVE To characterise the psychological profiles of Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and patients with sicca symptoms but without SS; to find predictors for salivary gland function; to evaluate salivary scintigraphy as a method to differentiate between SS and patients with sicca symptoms but without SS. PATIENTS AND METHODS Psychological tests (Medical Outcomes Study Short Form General Health Surv...

The effect of pleasant and unpleasant odor on human physiological state was preliminary investigated by assessing salivary substances. A term “pleasant” (or unpleasant) is rather showing one’s subjective and thus mental state meanwhile the odor itself should give an impact to both human mind and body. This study was aimed at investigating an effect of pleasant/unpleasant odors on human body and...

Induction of mucosal immune responses against Porphyromonas gingivalis within the oral cavity of dogs was studied by immunizing with pH-sensitive fusogenic polymer (MGluPG)-modified liposome-associated cell lysate. Dogs immunized with P. gingivalis cell lysate-containing MGluPG-modified liposomes by intraocular (eye drop) route displayed significant levels of P. gingivalis cell lysate-specific ...

BACKGROUND Antibody levels wane rapidly after Meningococcal serogroup C conjugate (MenCC) vaccination in young children, rendering the need for an adolescent booster dose. It is not clear whether circulating memory B cells are associated with persistence of MenC-specific antibody levels. METHODS Measurement of MenC-specific IgG and IgA memory B cells and levels of serum and salivary MenC-spec...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the ability of a probiotic Lactobacillus fermentum VRI-003 (PCC) to enhance the mucosal immune system of elite athletes. DESIGN AND SETTING A double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial was conducted over a 4-month period of winter training. PARTICIPANTS; 20 healthy elite male distance runners. INTERVENTIONS PCC was given at a daily dose of 1.26 x 10(10) as a fre...

OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to examine whether negative air ions generated from pajamas would influence the rectal temperature and the immune system during night sleep. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nine females (aged 18-23 years) served as participants. They slept during the night in their homes, wearing the pajamas with generation of negative air ions (1260 ions/cm3) and with normal standar...