Evidence for the Gut Microbiota Short-Chain Fatty Acids as Key Pathophysiological Molecules Improving Diabetes

• Main Authors: Alessandra Puddu (Author), Roberta Sanguineti (Author), Fabrizio Montecucco (Author), Giorgio Luciano Viviani (Author)
• 格式: 圖書
• 出版: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• 主題: article
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In type 2 diabetes, hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, increased inflammation, and oxidative stress were shown to be associated with the progressive deterioration of beta-cell function and mass. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are organic fatty acids produced in the distal gut by bacterial fermentat...