Dietary Arginine Regulates Severity of Experimental Colitis and Affects the Colonic Microbiome

Dietary Arginine Regulates Severity of Experimental Colitis and Affects the Colonic Microbiome

There is great interest in safe and effective alternative therapies that could benefit patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). L-arginine (Arg) is a semi-essential amino acid with a variety of physiological effects. In this context, our aim was to investigate the role of dietary Arg in expe...

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Main Authors: Kshipra Singh, Alain P. Gobert, Lori A. Coburn, Daniel P. Barry, Margaret Allaman, Mohammad Asim, Paula B. Luis, Claus Schneider, Ginger L. Milne, Helen H. Boone, Meghan H. Shilts, M. Kay Washington, Suman R. Das, M. Blanca Piazuelo, Keith T. Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
arginine
experimental colitis
gut microbiota
alternative therapies
inflammatory bowel diseases
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00066/full

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