Butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) produced by gut bacteria in the colon, serves as a critical energy source for colonocytes. Gut microbiota and its primary metabolite, butyrate, have been ...

Departamento de Ingeniería Industrial, Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Alonso de Ribera 2850, Concepción 4090541, Chile ...

Within a day of injury, beneficial bacteria plummet, harmful microbes rise, and levels of butyrate—a key anti-inflammatory compound—drop significantly. This microbial chaos fuels immune overactivation ...

The term osteoarthritis refers to a group of disorders that result in the primarily mechanically induced structural and functional failure of synovial joints. In joints with osteoarthritis ...

These microbial shifts were accompanied by a drop in short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), particularly butyrate. SCFAs are crucial compounds produced by gut bacteria. They nourish intestinal cells ...