Short-chain fatty-acid-producing bacteria: key components of the human gut microbiota

W Fusco, MB Lorenzo, M Cintoni, S Porcari… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) play a key role in health and disease, as they regulate gut
homeostasis and their deficiency is involved in the pathogenesis of several disorders …

Butyrate producers,“The Sentinel of Gut”: Their intestinal significance with and beyond butyrate, and prospective use as microbial therapeutics

V Singh, GD Lee, HW Son, H Koh, ES Kim… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Gut-microbial butyrate is a short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) of significant physiological
importance than the other major SCFAs (acetate and propionate). Most butyrate producers …

Short-chain fatty acids in diseases

D Zhang, YP Jian, YN Zhang, Y Li, LT Gu… - Cell Communication and …, 2023 - Springer
Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are the main metabolites produced by bacterial fermentation
of dietary fibre in the gastrointestinal tract. The absorption of SCFAs is mediated by substrate …

Ruminococcus gnavus: friend or foe for human health

EH Crost, E Coletto, A Bell… - FEMS microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Ruminococcus gnavus was first identified in 1974 as a strict anaerobe in the gut of healthy
individuals, and for several decades, its study has been limited to specific enzymes or …

Gut-microbiota-derived metabolites maintain gut and systemic immune homeostasis

J Wang, N Zhu, X Su, Y Gao, R Yang - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
The gut microbiota, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses and phages, inhabits the
gastrointestinal tract. This commensal microbiota can contribute to the regulation of host …

[HTML][HTML] Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic targets for diabetic kidney disease

KR Tuttle, R Agarwal, CE Alpers, GL Bakris… - Kidney international, 2022 - Elsevier
Diabetic kidney disease has a high global disease burden and substantially increases the
risk of kidney failure and cardiovascular events. Despite treatment, there is substantial …

Microbiome-based therapeutics

MT Sorbara, EG Pamer - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2022 - nature.com
Symbiotic microorganisms inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract promote health by decreasing
susceptibility to infection and enhancing resistance to a range of diseases. In this Review …

Regulation of short-chain fatty acids in the immune system

XF Liu, JH Shao, YT Liao, LN Wang, Y Jia… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
A growing body of research suggests that short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), metabolites
produced by intestinal symbiotic bacteria that ferment dietary fibers (DFs), play a crucial role …

The role of short-chain fatty acids in the interplay between gut microbiota and diet in cardio-metabolic health

A Nogal, AM Valdes, C Menni - Gut microbes, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The gut microbiota plays an important role in cardio-metabolic diseases with diet being
among the strongest modulators of gut microbiota composition and function. Resistant …

Gut microbiota-derived metabolites in the regulation of host immune responses and immune-related inflammatory diseases

W Yang, Y Cong - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
The gut microbiota has a critical role in the maintenance of immune homeostasis. Alterations
in the intestinal microbiota and gut microbiota-derived metabolites have been recognized in …