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The microbiome and butyrate regulate energy metabolism and autophagy in the mammalian colon

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It is demonstrated that microbiota have a strong effect on energy homeostasis in the colon compared to other tissues and this tissue specificity is due to colonocytes utilizing bacterially produced butyrate as their primary energy source.
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This article is published in Cell Metabolism.The article was published on 2011-05-04 and is currently open access. It has received 1328 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Butyrate & Energy source.

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Functional interactions between the gut microbiota and host metabolism

TL;DR: Through increased knowledge of the mechanisms involved in the interactions between the microbiota and its host, the world will be in a better position to develop treatments for metabolic disease.
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The role of short-chain fatty acids in the interplay between diet, gut microbiota, and host energy metabolism

TL;DR: This review summarizes the role of SCFAs in host energy metabolism, starting from the production by the gut microbiota to the uptake by the host and ending with the effects on host metabolism.
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Short Chain Fatty Acids (SCFAs)-Mediated Gut Epithelial and Immune Regulation and Its Relevance for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases.

TL;DR: An overview of microbial SCFAs production and their effects on the intestinal mucosa with specific emphasis on their relevance for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases is presented and the therapeutic potential ofSCFAs for IBD is discussed.
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Microbiota-Generated Metabolites Promote Metabolic Benefits via Gut-Brain Neural Circuits

TL;DR: It is shown that the short-chain fatty acids propionate and butyrate, which are generated by fermentation of soluble fiber by the gut microbiota, activate IGN via complementary mechanisms, and the regulation of IGN is necessary for the metabolic benefits associated with SCFAs and soluble fiber.
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The role of short-chain fatty acids in health and disease.

TL;DR: The role of SCFAs as a major player in maintenance of gut and immune homeostasis is highlighted, and their levels are regulated by diet are provided a new basis to explain the increased prevalence of inflammatory disease in Westernized countries.
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TL;DR: The hierarchical model of Lonnstedt and Speed (2002) is developed into a practical approach for general microarray experiments with arbitrary numbers of treatments and RNA samples and the moderated t-statistic is shown to follow a t-distribution with augmented degrees of freedom.
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An obesity-associated gut microbiome with increased capacity for energy harvest

TL;DR: It is demonstrated through metagenomic and biochemical analyses that changes in the relative abundance of the Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes affect the metabolic potential of the mouse gut microbiota and indicates that the obese microbiome has an increased capacity to harvest energy from the diet.
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A core gut microbiome in obese and lean twins

TL;DR: The faecal microbial communities of adult female monozygotic and dizygotic twin pairs concordant for leanness or obesity, and their mothers are characterized to address how host genotype, environmental exposure and host adiposity influence the gut microbiome.
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