Short chain fatty acids exchange: Is the cirrhotic, dysfunctional liver still able to clear them?

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 365-369

  Bloemen, Johanne G ^a,c   Olde Damink, Steven W M ^a,b   Venema, Koen ^c,d   Buurman, Wim A ^a   Jalan, Rajiv ^b   Dejong, Cornelis H C ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acetate; Butyrate; Cirrhosis; Interorgan metabolism; Propionate; SCFA

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; PREBIOTIC AGENT; PROPIONIC ACID; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; PROPIONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID TRANSPORT; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER BLOOD FLOW; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OBESITY; PORTAL VEIN; PORTOSYSTEMIC ANASTOMOSIS; SPLANCHNIC BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LIVER; LIVER VEIN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL PHLEBOGRAPHY; TOXICITY; TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC PORTOSYSTEMIC SHUNT; VASCULARIZATION;

ACETIC ACID; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BUTYRIC ACID; FATTY ACIDS, VOLATILE; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; LIVER; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTAL VEIN; PORTASYSTEMIC SHUNT, TRANSJUGULAR INTRAHEPATIC; PORTOGRAPHY; PREBIOTICS; PROPIONIC ACIDS; PROPIONATES;

EID: 77953536052     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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