Abstract:Objective: In order to summarize the clinical research on regulatory effect of Lactobacillus reuteri on immunity in recent decades through meta-analysis, and to explore the regulatory effect of L. reuteri on the immune function of organism. Methods: Literature searches were conducted through 5 databases including Medline, SCI, Wan-Fang data, China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Chinese Biological Medical databases. Review Manager version 5.3 was used to organize data and statistical analysis of included randomized controlled trials. A P value less than 0.05 in confidence interval method was considered statistically significant. Results: 6 references and 13 RCTs were included in this work after researching. The number of subjects included in the meta-analysis was 740, with 362 for the control group and 378 for the probiotics. Mean differences observed between probiotic-receivers and control at 95% confidence interval: TNF-α,-3.09 pg/mL ([-4.17,-2.02]; P<0.0001); IL-6,-4.49 pg/mL ([-7.08,-1.90]; P<0.0001); IL-1β,-8.72 pg/mL ([-12.53,-4.92];P<0.0001); IL-8, -69.71 pg/mL ([-103.84, -35.58]; P<0.0001). Conclusion: L. reuteri has a certain regulatory effect on the subjects' immunity.