They had also shown that this could be mitigated or even reversed by providing butyrate as a supplement in early life. Now, by studying the process in mice, they have discovered how this works.

Mice with depleted gut bacteria who received no butyrate supplement developed twice as many of a certain type of immune cell called ILC2s. These cells, discovered less than 15 years ago, have ...

A study of two large European patient cohorts has found that for every 10% increase in butyrate-producing bacteria in a patient's gut, the risk of hospitalization for any infection falls by ...

Article Title Sodium Butyrate Inhibits Necroptosis by Regulating MLKL via E2F1 in Intestinal Epithelial Cells of Liver Cirrhosis ...

They had also shown that this could be mitigated or even reversed by providing butyrate as a supplement in early life. Now, by studying the process in mice, they have discovered how this works.