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Western-type diet influences mortality from necrotising pancreatitis and demonstrates a central role for butyrate.
Gut - 1 May 2021
van den Berg Fons F, van Dalen Demi, Hyoju Sanjiv K, van Santvoort Hjalmar C, Besselink Marc G, Wiersinga Willem Joost, Zaborina Olga, Boermeester Marja A, Alverdy John
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OBJECTIVE: The gut microbiota are the main source of infections in necrotising pancreatitis. We investigated the effect of disruption of the intestinal microbiota by a Western-type diet on mortality and bacterial dissemination in necrotising pancreatitis and its reversal by butyrate supplementation. DESIGN: C57BL/6 mice were fed either standard chow or a Western-type diet for 4 weeks and were then subjected to...
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