Butyrate : food sources, functions and health benefits / Cong-Jun Li, Editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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""BUTYRATE: FOOD SOURCES, FUNCTIONS AND HEALTH BENEFITS""; ""BUTYRATE: FOOD SOURCES, FUNCTIONS AND HEALTH BENEFITS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""CONTRIBUTORS""; ""Chapter 1: ENHANCING BUTYRATE BIOSYNTHESIS IN THE GUT FOR HEALTH BENEFITS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BUTYRATE BIOSYNTHESIS AND BUTYRATE-PRODUCING BACTERIA""; ""BUTYROGENIC SUBSTRATES AND PREBIOTICS""; ""ENHANCING GUT BUTYRATE CONCENTRATIONS USING PROBIOTICS AND SYNBIOTICS""; ""ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO INCREASE BUTYRATE BIOAVAILABILITY""; ""CONCLUSION""

""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 2: BUTYRATE AND INTESTINAL FUNCTION""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS OF BUTYRATE""; ""EFFECT OF BUTYRATE IN INTESTINAL DISEASES""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 3: LARGE BOWEL SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID PRODUCTION, IMMUNE STATUS AND IMMUNE CELL FUNCTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SCFA AND REGULATION OF COLONIC INFLAMMATION""; ""REGULATION OF SATIETY AND APPETITE""; ""DEVELOPMENT OF OBESITY, INFLAMMATION OF ADIPOSE TISSUE AND SCFA IN HUMAN STUDIES""

""FUTURE DIRECTIONS""""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 4: BUTYRATE ACTIONS ON CARCINOGENESIS: FOCUS ON EPIGENETIC MECHANISMS""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""EPIGENETIC""; ""EPIGENETIC ALTERATIONS IN CANCER""; ""BUTYRATE AND CANCER""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 5: POTENTIAL BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF BUTYRATE AGAINST FOOD ALLERGY""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""THE CHANGING PATTERN OF FOOD ALLERGY""; ""FOOD ORAL TOLERANCE AND FOOD ALLERGY""; ""RECENT EVIDENCES IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF FOOD ALLERGY""; ""THE ROLE OF CLOSTRIDIA SPECIES IN THE PROTECTION AGAINST FOOD ALLERGY""

""BUTYRATE AS A PROTECTIVE FACTOR AGAINST FOOD ALLERGY""""CLINICAL FINDINGS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 6: SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACIDS IN REGULATION OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM AND TISSUE INFLAMMATION IN THE INTESTINE""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION""; ""2. TRANSPORTERS AND RECEPTORS OF SCFAS""; ""3. REGULATION OF ECS AND THE INTESTINAL BARRIER FUNCTION BY SCFAS""; ""4. REGULATION OF INTESTINAL EC CYTOKINES AND CHEMOKINES BY SCFAS""; ""5. REGULATION OF INTESTINAL IMMUNE CELLS BY SCFAS""; ""6. REGULATION OF INTESTINAL INFLAMMATION BY SCFAS""; ""CONCLUSION AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES""

""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""""REFERENCES""; ""Chapter 7: BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SODIUM BUTYRATE IN THE REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION ON ASTROCYTOMA CELL LINES AND IMPROVEMENT OF THERAPIES""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""1. INTRODUCTION: SODIUM BUTYRATE: STRUCTURE, NATURAL BIOSYNTHESIS AND EFFECTS ON CELLS AND THE ORGANISM""; ""2. BUTYRATE AND ANALOGUES""; ""3. MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF NABU IN ASTROCYTOMA CELL LINES""; ""4. ULTRASTRUCTURAL CHANGES INDUCED BY NABU IN CELLS""; ""5. EFFECTS OF SODIUM BUTYRATE AT THE LEVEL OF GENE EXPRESION IN ASTROCYTOMA CELLS""

This is the first book specifically devoted to butyrate and its biological functions in the health of humans and animals. It is the result of the collective efforts of a group of international experts working on different aspects of butyrate. It has been recognized for a long time that the consumption of dietary fibers has positive metabolic health effects. These effects are directly associated with short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), particularly butyrate, formed by the microbial degradation of dietary fibers in the digestive tract. Butyrate-induced biological effects provide examples of epigeno.

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