Butyricicoccus pullicaecorum in inflammatory bowel disease.
- Authors
- Type
- Published Article
- Journal
- Gut
- Publisher
- BMJ
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2013
- Volume
- 62
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1745–1752
- Identifiers
- DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-303611
- PMID: 23263527
- Source
- Medline
- Keywords
- License
- Unknown
Abstract
Patients with inflammatory bowel disease have lower numbers of Butyricicoccus bacteria in their stools. Administration of B pullicaecorum attenuates TNBS-induced colitis in rats and supernatant of B pullicaecorum cultures strengthens the epithelial barrier function by increasing the TER.