Indole-3-lactic acid, a metabolite of tryptophan, secreted by Bifidobacterium longum subspecies infantis is anti-inflammatory in the immature intestine
2020/01/16 by Di Meng, Eduardo Sommella, Emanuela Salviati +5 · 335 citations
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Health Professions · Medicine · Nursing · #Amino acid #Aryl hydrocarbon receptor #Bacteria #Bifidobacterium #Bifidobacterium longum #Biochemistry #Biology #Cytokine #Gut microbiota and health #Immunology #Infant Health and Development #Infant Nutrition and Health #Inflammation #Internal medicine #Kynurenine #Lactobacillus #Medicine #Metabolite #Microbiology #Necrotizing enterocolitis #Pharmacology #Probiotic #Transcription factor #Tryptophan
paper · open access · doi:10.1038/s41390-019-0740-x
published in Pediatric Research 88(2), 209-217 (Springer Nature)
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