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Butyrate boosts microbicidal macrophages

Nature Reviews Immunology
DOI: 10.1038/s41577-019-0132-9
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The short-chain fatty acid butyrate, derived from commensal bacteria in the gut, is shown to be a specific inducer of intestinal macrophage microbicidal functions.

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Flemming, A. (2019, March 1). Butyrate boosts microbicidal macrophages. Nature Reviews Immunology. Nature Publishing Group. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41577-019-0132-9

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