The Catholic University of Korea Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation

Bifido Co., Ltd.

The Catholic University of Korea

Joo Yeon Jhun

Sung Hwan Park

Mi La Cho

Seon Yeong Lee

Eun Kyung Kim

Sang Jun Park

Ji Won Kim

Yun Ju Jeong

Geun Eog Ji

Ji Hyeon Ju

Seung Ki Kwok

Jun Geol Ryu

Jong Young Choi

Chul Woo Yang

Min Jung Park

Hyon Ha Lee

Jae Yoon Ryu

Joo Ha Lee

Jae Kyung Kim

Eun Jung Lee

Su Young Yang

Sun Woo Lim

Disclosed are a novelRAPO (Accession No.: KCTC 13773BP) and a composition for alleviating, treating or preventing rheumatoid arthritis containingRAPO (Accession No.: KCTC 13773BP) selected herein.

RAPO strain for alleviating, treating or preventing rheumatoid arthritis and composition containing the same

Provided is a composition for alleviating nephrotoxicity caused by an immunosuppressive drug, including metformin, and a composition for preventing or treating an immune disease, including the same. Further, the composition provided can be useful in improving a treatment effect on diseases requiring immunosuppression by effectively alleviating a decline in renal function caused due to side effects of conventional immunosuppressive drugs, and can also be useful in preventing or treating organ transplant rejection, autoimmune diseases, inflammatory diseases and the like since various methods of co-administering a conventional immunosuppressive drug and metformin are suggested to reduce nephrotoxic side effects of conventional immunosuppressive drugs and maximize immunosuppressive or immunomodulatory effects.

Composition for alleviating nephrotoxicity caused by immunosuppressive drug, comprising metformin, and composition for preventing or treating immune disease, comprising the same

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Joo Yeon Jhun