About the Authors
- Kamal Ivory
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Contributed equally to this work with: Kamal Ivory, Andrew M. Wilson
* E-mail: kamal.ivory@ifr.ac.uk
Affiliation Gut Health and Food Safety Strategic Programme, Institute of Food Research, Colney, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Andrew M. Wilson
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Contributed equally to this work with: Kamal Ivory, Andrew M. Wilson
Affiliation Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Prasanna Sankaran
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Affiliation Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Marta Westwood
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Affiliation Gut Health and Food Safety Strategic Programme, Institute of Food Research, Colney, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Justin McCarville
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Affiliation Gut Health and Food Safety Strategic Programme, Institute of Food Research, Colney, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Claire Brockwell
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Affiliation Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Allan Clark
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Affiliation Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Jack R. Dainty
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Affiliation Gut Health and Food Safety Strategic Programme, Institute of Food Research, Colney, Norwich, United Kingdom
- Laurian Zuidmeer-Jongejan
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Immunology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Claudio Nicoletti
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Affiliation Gut Health and Food Safety Strategic Programme, Institute of Food Research, Colney, Norwich, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The study was funded by Yakult Honsha Ltd. and it was conducted as a doubleblinded, placebo-controlled clinical trial. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed clinical and laboratory protocols: AMW KI CN. Performed the experiments: KI MW JMcC L Z-J AMW PS. Analyzed the data: KI MW PS LZ-J AMW JRD AC. Wrote the paper: KI AMW CN. Patient recruitment and visit coordination: CB. Patient contact: CB. Organisation of study drink receipt and distribution: KI.