2021
Butyrate and the Intestinal Epithelium: Modulation of Proliferation and Inflammation in Homeostasis and Disease
Salvi PS, Cowles RA. Butyrate and the Intestinal Epithelium: Modulation of Proliferation and Inflammation in Homeostasis and Disease. Cells 2021, 10: 1775. PMID: 34359944, PMCID: PMC8304699, DOI: 10.3390/cells10071775.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsConceptsAnti-proliferative effectsIntestinal stem cellsTolerogenic dendritic cellsAnti-inflammatory cytokinesEpithelial cellsInflammatory bowel diseaseMicrobial metabolite butyrateStem cellsApparent protective effectButyrate-producing bacteriaCellular fuelRole of butyrateCrypt base stem cellsModulation of proliferationButyrate paradoxMalabsorptive statesBowel diseaseDendritic cellsEpithelial inflammationColonic neoplasiaIntestinal microbiomeProtective effectIntestinal neoplasiaIntestinal lumenEpithelial proliferation
2017
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors participate in small intestinal mucosal homeostasis
Greig CJ, Cowles RA. Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors participate in small intestinal mucosal homeostasis. Journal Of Pediatric Surgery 2017, 52: 1031-1034. PMID: 28359586, DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2017.03.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCrypt proliferation indexIntestinal mucosal homeostasisMuscarinic acetylcholine receptorsMucosal homeostasisIleal mucosaAcetylcholine receptorsDistal ileal segmentCholinergic nervous systemWild-type miceCrypt cell proliferationCrypt base stem cellsFunctional mucosaMAChR subtypesMuscarinic signalingIleal segmentCrypt depthProliferation indexNervous systemVillus heightMucosal morphometryMucosaHistologic sectionsMiceMouse linesEpithelial cell types