Ning Liu

TL;DR: Dietary Trp supplementation altered intestinal microbial composition and diversity, improved intestinal mucosal barrier function, activated AhR signaling, and downregulated expression of inflammatory cytokines in the large intestine of weaned piglets indicate a crosstalk between dietary Trp and intestine in nutrition, microbial metabolism, and mucosal immunity.

TL;DR: Dietary supplementation with proline to gestating mice indicates a novel functional role of proline in improving placental development and fetal survival by enhancing placental nutrient transport, angiogenesis, and protein synthesis.

TL;DR: Findings indicate that l-glutamine attenuates 4-HNE-induced apoptosis by regulating GSH-related redox homeostasis and enhancing GSTA-mediated metabolism in enterocytes.

TL;DR: In mice treated with DSS, Trp supplementation before DSS administration improved colonic immune responses partly by reducing colonic serotonin and subsequent interactions with HTR1A and HTR4, which are known to be present on neutrophils and macrophages.

TL;DR: Gly is a functional amino acid with an ability to protect the liver against LPS-induced injury in mice and is confirmed to have antioxidative and anti-inflammatory effects and to regulate apoptosis in various models.