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bifidobacterium lactobacillus + prednisone + sulfasalazine

Development stage
Unknown
Lead developer
Wanze Shuangqi Pharmaceutical
Modality
Defined Consortia → Multi-strain Products → Live Biotherapeutic Products → Microbiome Therapeutics, Microbial Metabolites → Microbiome-Derived Products → Microbiome Therapeutics, Synthetic Biology Platforms → Engineered Microbial Therapeutics → Microbiome Therapeutics, Fresh FMT → Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) → Microbiome Therapeutics, Orthosteric Ligands → Classical Binding Small Molecules → Small Molecules, Genetically Modified Bacteria → Engineered Microbial Therapeutics → Microbiome Therapeutics, Antibody-Based Therapeutics, Yeast Strains → Single Strain Products → Live Biotherapeutic Products → Microbiome Therapeutics, Frozen FMT → Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) → Microbiome Therapeutics, Bacterial Strains → Single Strain Products → Live Biotherapeutic Products → Microbiome Therapeutics, Recombinant Proteins and Enzymes, Microbial Proteins → Microbiome-Derived Products → Microbiome Therapeutics, Complex Communities → Multi-strain Products → Live Biotherapeutic Products → Microbiome Therapeutics
Administration
Oral
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Overview

This is a combination therapy consisting of bifidobacterium and lactobacillus (probiotic bacteria), prednisone (a synthetic glucocorticoid corticosteroid), and sulfasalazine (a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug, DMARD). The combination is used in the management of inflammatory diseases such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and rheumatoid arthritis. Probiotics like bifidobacterium and lactobacillus help restore gut microbiota balance, enhance intestinal barrier function, and may increase the metabolism of sulfasalazine to its active anti-inflammatory components. Prednisone acts as an immunosuppressant by binding to glucocorticoid receptors to reduce inflammation. Sulfasalazine is metabolized in the colon by bacterial enzymes into 5-aminosalicylic acid (anti-inflammatory) and sulfapyridine (antibacterial). This multi-modal approach aims to improve clinical outcomes by targeting inflammation through different mechanisms[1][2][3][8].

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Targets

GR (Glucocorticoid receptor)AzR (Bacterial azoreductase)COX

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