Effects of Probiotic Formulation on Symptoms and Intestinal Microecology in Mice with Atopic Dermatitis

To investigate the effects of probiotic formulation on symptoms of atopic dermatitis (AD), probiotic strains (have been reported to be associated with immune responses in dermatitis), as well as plant-derived compounds (including fructo-oligosaccharides) were selected based on preliminary experimental results and related reports. To investigate the synergistic enhancement based combinatorial treatment strategies for probiotics and plant-derived compounds, the effects of mixed probiotics, mixed plant-derived compounds, and a probiotic-phytochemical synbiotic formulation (a combination of the aforementioned mixed probiotics and mixed plant-derived compounds) on AD were assessed. The results indicated that compared with the mixed probiotic and mixed plant compound treatments, the probiotic–phytochemical synbiotic formulation contributed to a more pronounced alleviation of AD symptoms, characterized by a significantly stronger inhibition of inflammatory cell infiltration in AD-like skin lesions (P