Dietary Resistant Potato Starch Alters Intestinal Microbial Communities and Their Metabolites, and Markers of Immune Regulation and Barrier Function in Swine

Interactions between diet, the microbiota, and the host set the ecological conditions in the gut and have broad implications for health. Prebiotics are dietary compounds that may shift conditions toward health by promoting the growth of beneficial microbes that produce metabolites capable of modulat...

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Main Authors: Julian Trachsel, Cassidy Briggs, Nicholas K. Gabler, Heather K. Allen, Crystal L. Loving
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2019.01381/full