Microbial butyrate and its role for barrier function in the gastrointestinal tract

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1258, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-59

  Plöger, Svenja ^a   Stumpff, Friederike ^a   Penner, Gregory B ^b   Schulzke, Jörg Dieter ^c   Gäbel, Gotthold ^d   Martens, Holger ^a   Shen, Zanming ^e   Günzel, Dorothee ^c   Aschenbach, Joerg R ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Butyrate; Colon; Inflammatory bowel disease; Rumen; Tight junction

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CINGULIN; CLAUDIN 2; HISTONE DEACETYLASE; INTERLEUKIN 13; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; OCCLUDIN; PROTEIN ZO1; PROTEIN ZO2; TRICHOSTATIN A; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CROHN DISEASE; ENTERITIS; ENZYME INHIBITION; FERMENTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MUCOSA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE CONTROL; IMMUNOMODULATION; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TIGHT JUNCTION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84862870885     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2012.06553.x     Document Type: Article

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