Differing roles for short chain fatty acids and GPR43 agonism in the regulation of intestinal barrier function and immune responses.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with a loss of intestinal barrier function and dysregulated immune responses. It has been shown that short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are protective in IBD and that GPR43 mediates the protective effects of SCFAs. In this study, we investigated the effect...

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Main Authors: Warren N D'Souza, Jason Douangpanya, Sharon Mu, Peter Jaeckel, Ming Zhang, Joseph R Maxwell, James B Rottman, Katja Labitzke, Angela Willee, Holger Beckmann, Yingcai Wang, Yang Li, Ralf Schwandner, James A Johnston, Jennifer E Towne, Hailing Hsu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5519041?pdf=render