Kristen R Lednovich, Sophie Gough, Medha Priyadarshini, Nupur Pandya, Chioma Nnyamah, Kai Xu, Barton Wicksteed, Sidharth Mishra, Shalini Jain, Joseph L Zapater, Jose Cordoba-Chacon, Hariom Yadav, Brian Layden
Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are key nutrients that play a diverse set of roles in physiological function, including regulating metabolic homeostasis. Generated through the fermentation of dietary fibers in the distal colon by the gut microbiome, SCFAs and their effects are partially mediated by their cognate receptors, including free fatty acid receptor 2 (FFA2). FFA2 is highly expressed in the intestinal epithelial, where its putative functions are controversial, with numerous in vivo studies relying on global knockout mouse models to characterize intestine-specific roles of the receptor...
November 1, 2023: Journal of Endocrinology