Self-reinoculation with fecal flora changes microbiota density and composition leading to an altered bile-acid profile in the mouse small intestine [PDF]
, 2019 Background: The upper gastrointestinal tract plays a prominent role in human physiology as the primary site for enzymatic digestion and nutrient absorption, immune sampling, and drug uptake.
Bogatyrev, Said R. +2 more
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A Quantitative Sequencing Framework for Absolute Abundance Measurements of Mucosal and Lumenal Microbial Communities [PDF]
, 2020 A fundamental goal in microbiome studies is determining which microbes affect host physiology. Standard methods for determining changes in microbial taxa measure relative, rather than absolute abundances.
Barlow, Jacob T. +2 more
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Intestinal epithelial responses to Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis: Effects on intestinal permeability and ion transport [PDF]
, 2019 Salmonella infection of chickens that leads to potential human foodborne salmonellosis continues to be a major concern. Chickens serve as carriers but, in contrast to humans, rarely show any clinical signs including diarrhea.
Aschenbach, J. R. +4 more
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Exploring Differential Transcriptome between Jejunal and Cecal Tissue of Broiler Chickens
Animals, 2019 The study proposed an exploratory functional analysis on differential gene expression of the jejunum and of cecum in chickens. For this study, 150 Ross 308 male chickens were randomly allotted in six pens (25 birds/pen) and fed the same commercial diet ...
Micol Bertocchi +6 more
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Infection-generated electric field in gut epithelium drives bidirectional migration of macrophages. [PDF]
, 2019 Many bacterial pathogens hijack macrophages to egress from the port of entry to the lymphatic drainage and/or bloodstream, causing dissemination of life-threatening infections. However, the underlying mechanisms are not well understood.
Ferreira, Fernando +14 more
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RUDN Journal of Agronomy and Animal Industries, 2022 In modern world, there is a need to search for alternatives to antibiotics due to the growing resistance of microorganisms. Plant extracts can be a promising replacement. Due to biological functions, they can suppress the development of various processes
Galimzhan K. Duskaev +2 more
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Fate of thymol and its monoglucosides in the gastrointestinal tract of piglets [PDF]
, 2020 The monoterpene thymol has been proposed as a valuable alternative to in-feed antibiotics in animal production. However, the effectiveness of the antimicrobial is comprised by its fast absorption in the upper gastrointestinal tract.
De Smet, Stefaan +5 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021 Myostatin (MSTN) functional inactivation can change the proportion of lean meat and fat content in pigs. While both genotype and microbial composition are known to affect the host phenotype, so far there has been no systematic study to detect the changes
Yangli Pei +7 more
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Protocol for Metatranscriptomic analysis of Intestinal Microbiota [PDF]
, 2012 The objective of this publication is to provide the detailed protocol for metartancriptomisc studies of animal intestinal microbiota. The protocol describes isolation of high quality microbial community RNA from the mammalian intestinal content ...
Alvaro Hernandez +4 more
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Poultry Science, 2023 : The effect of compound probiotics on the caecum of broilers under heat stress was assessed in this study. A total of 400 twenty-eight-day-old AA male broilers were randomly divided into 4 treatment groups, where each group had 5 replicates of 20 ...
Lihuan Zhang +5 more
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