Effects of probiotic Lactobacillus casei on streptozotocin diabetic rats via decreasing oxidative stress, inflammation and inhibiting Nrf-2/bcl-2/NF-κB/TLR-4 and caspase-3 signalling pathway.
This study aimed to investigate the beneficial effects of Lactobacillus casei (LC) against diabetes (DM). The levels of serum glucose, HbA1c, pancreatic tissue MDA, TNF-α, and IL-1β were increased in the diabetes group compared with the non-diabetic control group, while serum insulin levels, CAT, and SOD activities wer...