Oral ingestion of dead Lactobacillus reported to stimulate interferon production in mice:

"Oral administration of heat-killed Lactobacillus plantarum L-137 enhances protection against influenza virus infection by stimulation of type I interferon production in mice" (2009)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intimp.2009.04.015

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