Butyrate Protects Mice from Clostridium difficile-Induced Colitis through an HIF-1-Dependent Mechanism

Summary: Antibiotic-induced dysbiosis is a key factor predisposing intestinal infection by Clostridium difficile. Here, we show that interventions that restore butyrate intestinal levels mitigate clinical and pathological features of C. difficile-induced colitis. Butyrate has no effect on C. diffici...

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Main Authors: José Luís Fachi, Jaqueline de Souza Felipe, Laís Passariello Pral, Bruna Karadi da Silva, Renan Oliveira Corrêa, Mirella Cristiny Pereira de Andrade, Denise Morais da Fonseca, Paulo José Basso, Niels Olsen Saraiva Câmara, Éricka Lorenna de Sales e Souza, Flaviano dos Santos Martins, Suzana Eiko Sato Guima, Andrew Maltez Thomas, João Carlos Setubal, Yuli Thamires Magalhães, Fábio Luis Forti, Thamiris Candreva, Hosana Gomes Rodrigues, Marcelo Bispo de Jesus, Sílvio Roberto Consonni, Alessandro dos Santos Farias, Patrick Varga-Weisz, Marco Aurélio Ramirez Vinolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:Cell Reports
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124719303845