Table 2.
Evidence for gut microbiota modulation strategies in preventing chronic inflammatory conditions derived from animal models
Bacterial strainChronic inflammatory condition
A. muciniphila Ameliorates HFD-induced obesity and insulin resistance (Everard et al., 2013; Plovier et al., 2017) 
Protects against atherosclerosis by decreasing gut permeability and preventing endotoxemia-induced inflammation (Li et al., 2016a) 
Improves efficacy of anti-cancer immunotherapy (Routy et al., 2018) 
B. fragilis Restores the integrity of the intestinal barrier and ameliorates autistic-like behavior (Hsiao et al., 2013) 
Suppresses neuro-inflammation in experimental model of MS (Wang et al., 2014a) 
B. adolescentis Ameliorates HFD-induced colitis (Lim and Kim, 2017) 
Bifidobacterium animalis spp. lactis Restores the integrity of the intestinal barrier, thus reducing bacterial translocation and insulin sensitivity (Amar et al., 2011) 
B. animalis spp. lactis and LGG Improves HFD-induced obesity and insulin resistance (Alard et al., 2016) 
B. longum Reduces anxiety-like behavior in a mouse model of chemically induced colitis (Bercik et al., 2011) 
Restores the integrity of colonic mucus layer impaired by HFD (Schroeder et al., 2018) 
Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum Reduces weight gain, body fat, fasting glucose, and insulin resistance in mice with HFD-induced obesity (Zhao et al., 2018) 
Christensenella minuta Reduces weight gain in mice inoculated with obese human fecal samples (Goodrich et al., 2014) 
C. scindens Protects against antibiotic-induced C. difficile colitis (Buffie et al., 2015) 
F. prausnitzii Alleviates inflammation in chemically induced models of colitis (Sokol et al., 2008; Quévrain et al., 2016; Breyner et al., 2017) 
L. johnsonii Provides airway protection against allergen challenge and respiratory virus infection (Fujimura et al., 2014; Fonseca et al., 2017) 
L. murinus Protects from dextran sodium sulfate–induced colitis by promoting increase in T reg cells in the colon (Tang et al., 2015) 
L. plantarum Recovers growth stunting in juvenile GF mice associated with somatotropic axis signaling (Schwarzer et al., 2016) 
Lowers fasting blood glucose and triglyceride levels (Toshimitsu et al., 2017) 
L. reuteri Restores social behavior in offspring of dams fed HFD (Buffington et al., 2016) 
Restores despair behavior induced by exposure to chronic stress via suppression of tryptophan/kynurenine metabolism (Marin et al., 2017) 
L. reuteri, L. murinus, and Lactobacillus taiwanensis Attenuates intestinal inflammation in experimental model of colitis (Lamas et al., 2016) 
LGG Ameliorates ASD-like behavior by modulating the expression of GABA receptors in the brain (Bravo et al., 2011) 
Lactobacillus sakei Improves HFD-induced obesity and hyperglycemia by reducing inflammation and increasing the expression of colon tight junction proteins (Lim et al., 2016) 
Bacterial strainChronic inflammatory condition
A. muciniphila Ameliorates HFD-induced obesity and insulin resistance (Everard et al., 2013; Plovier et al., 2017) 
Protects against atherosclerosis by decreasing gut permeability and preventing endotoxemia-induced inflammation (Li et al., 2016a) 
Improves efficacy of anti-cancer immunotherapy (Routy et al., 2018) 
B. fragilis Restores the integrity of the intestinal barrier and ameliorates autistic-like behavior (Hsiao et al., 2013) 
Suppresses neuro-inflammation in experimental model of MS (Wang et al., 2014a) 
B. adolescentis Ameliorates HFD-induced colitis (Lim and Kim, 2017) 
Bifidobacterium animalis spp. lactis Restores the integrity of the intestinal barrier, thus reducing bacterial translocation and insulin sensitivity (Amar et al., 2011) 
B. animalis spp. lactis and LGG Improves HFD-induced obesity and insulin resistance (Alard et al., 2016) 
B. longum Reduces anxiety-like behavior in a mouse model of chemically induced colitis (Bercik et al., 2011) 
Restores the integrity of colonic mucus layer impaired by HFD (Schroeder et al., 2018) 
Bifidobacterium pseudocatenulatum Reduces weight gain, body fat, fasting glucose, and insulin resistance in mice with HFD-induced obesity (Zhao et al., 2018) 
Christensenella minuta Reduces weight gain in mice inoculated with obese human fecal samples (Goodrich et al., 2014) 
C. scindens Protects against antibiotic-induced C. difficile colitis (Buffie et al., 2015) 
F. prausnitzii Alleviates inflammation in chemically induced models of colitis (Sokol et al., 2008; Quévrain et al., 2016; Breyner et al., 2017) 
L. johnsonii Provides airway protection against allergen challenge and respiratory virus infection (Fujimura et al., 2014; Fonseca et al., 2017) 
L. murinus Protects from dextran sodium sulfate–induced colitis by promoting increase in T reg cells in the colon (Tang et al., 2015) 
L. plantarum Recovers growth stunting in juvenile GF mice associated with somatotropic axis signaling (Schwarzer et al., 2016) 
Lowers fasting blood glucose and triglyceride levels (Toshimitsu et al., 2017) 
L. reuteri Restores social behavior in offspring of dams fed HFD (Buffington et al., 2016) 
Restores despair behavior induced by exposure to chronic stress via suppression of tryptophan/kynurenine metabolism (Marin et al., 2017) 
L. reuteri, L. murinus, and Lactobacillus taiwanensis Attenuates intestinal inflammation in experimental model of colitis (Lamas et al., 2016) 
LGG Ameliorates ASD-like behavior by modulating the expression of GABA receptors in the brain (Bravo et al., 2011) 
Lactobacillus sakei Improves HFD-induced obesity and hyperglycemia by reducing inflammation and increasing the expression of colon tight junction proteins (Lim et al., 2016) 

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