Probiotic Supplements: Their Strategies in the Therapeutic and Prophylactic of Human Life-Threatening Diseases

• Published in: International journal of molecular sciences 2021-10, Vol.22 (20), p.11290
• Main Authors: Youssef, Mahmoud, Ahmed, Hanaa Y, Zongo, Abel, Korin, Ali, Zhan, Fuchao, Hady, Essam, Umair, Muhammad, Shahid Riaz Rajoka, Muhammad, Xiong, Yongai, Li, Bin
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Allergic diseases; bacteriocin; cancer; Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular Diseases - metabolism; Cardiovascular Diseases - therapy; Chronic Disease - therapy; chronic diseases; Chronic illnesses; Competition; Coronaviruses; COVID-19; Fatty Acids, Volatile - metabolism; Functional foods & nutraceuticals; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Humans; Immune system; Immune System - metabolism; Inflammation - metabolism; Inflammation - pathology; Inflammatory diseases; Morbidity; Neoplasms - metabolism; Neoplasms - therapy; Probiotics; Probiotics - administration & dosage; Review; short-chain fatty acids; Viral diseases; Viral infections; Virus Diseases - immunology; Virus Diseases - metabolism; Virus Diseases - therapy
• ISSN: 1422-0067; 1661-6596; 1422-0067
• DOI: 10.3390/ijms222011290

Chronic diseases and viral infections have threatened human life over the ages and constitute the main reason for increasing death globally. The rising burden of these diseases extends to negatively affecting the economy and trading globally, as well as daily life, which requires inexpensive, novel, and safe therapeutics. Therefore, scientists have paid close attention to probiotics as safe remedies to combat these morbidities owing to their health benefits and biotherapeutic effects. Probiotics have been broadly adopted as functional foods, nutraceuticals, and food supplements to improve human health and prevent some morbidity. Intriguingly, recent research indicates that probiotics are a promising solution for treating and prophylactic against certain dangerous diseases. Probiotics could also be associated with their essential role in animating the immune system to fight COVID-19 infection. This comprehensive review concentrates on the newest literature on probiotics and their metabolism in treating life-threatening diseases, including immune disorders, pathogens, inflammatory and allergic diseases, cancer, cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal dysfunctions, and COVID-19 infection. The recent information in this report will particularly furnish a platform for emerging novel probiotics-based therapeutics as cheap and safe, encouraging researchers and stakeholders to develop innovative treatments based on probiotics to prevent and treat chronic and viral diseases.