Introduction / Julio Villena, Susana Alvarez, and Haruki Kitazawa
Modulation of mucosal immune system by probiotics : postulated mechanisms / Masanobu Nanno, Satoshi Matsumoto, and Kan Shida
Difference in the signals induced by commensal or probiotic bacteria to the gut epithelial and immune cells / Carolina Maldonado Galdeano, Cecilia Ana Dogi, and Gabriela Perdigón
Molecular immunoassay systems for probiotics via pattern recognition receptors / Masanori Tohno and Haruki Kitazawa
Role of toll-like receptors in the modulation of intestinal inflammation by immunobiotics / Julio Villena and Haruki Kitazawa
Immunobiotics for the prevention of bacterial and viral respiratory infections / Julio Villena, Susana Salva, and Susana Alvarez
Immunobiotics and antiviral immunity / Kazutoyo Yoda, Kenji Miyazawa, Gaku Harata, and Fang He
Immunobiotics and immunity against parasites / Martin A. Humen, Jalil Benyacoub, Jessica Minnaard, Dominique Brassart, Graciela De Antoni, Eduardo J. Schiffrin, and Pablo Pérez
Immunobiotics and allergy / Noriyuki Iwabuchi, Toshitaka Odamaki, and Jin-zhong Xiao
Immunobiotics and inflammation-coagulation / María Hortensia Zelaya and María Graciela Agüero
Immunobiotics and hematopoiesis / Susana Salva, Julio Villena, and Susana Alvarez
Probiotics and their potential use in wound treatment / Juan Carlos Valdez, Alberto Nicolás Ramos, Diego Fernández, Mirta Rachid, Eugenia Sesto Cabral, Pablo Valdecantos, Luis Olea, and Marcela Ortiz Mayor
Immunogenics : immunostimulatory oligodeoxynucleotides from probiotics / Takeshi Shimosato and Haruki Kitazawa
Immunogenics : extracellular bacterial compounds as mediators of lactic acid bacteria-target cell interaction / Ana Virginia Rodriguez, Guillermo Juarez, Graciela Font de Valdez, and Julio Villena
Immunogenics : extracellular polysaccharide reducing the risk of infection / Seiya Makino, Shuji Ikegami, Takayuki Nagai, and Haruki Yamada.