High-fat diets induce an expansion of the adipose tissue (aT) that can be characterized by
chronic low-grade inflammation. AT is an important source of adipokines and pro …

Gastro-intestinal nematode infections in mammals are associated with local T lymphocyte
infiltrations, Th2 cytokine induction, and alterations in epithelial cell secretion and …

The ingestion of plant fibers and their susceptibility to microbial fermentation in the large
bowel modulate intestinal morphology but little is known about effects on the gut associated …

Eight-month-old Sprague-Dawley rats were fed on diets containing dietary fiber at the 5%
level for 3 weeks to examine the effect on the lipid metabolism and immune function. Among …

This is the first report of the evaluation of suitability for consumption of dragon fruit
oligosaccharide (DFO) and its efficacy on gut microbiota modulation and in boosting the gut …

The dietary fiber (DF) hypothesis suggested that DF, as plant cell walls, protected against
colorectal cancer. The implicit assumption in much historic literature was that the readily …

The current situation regarding labeling and defining dietary fiber in the United States and
many other countries is arbitrary due to its reliance on analytical methods as opposed to an …

Nine kinds of hetero-chitooligosaccharides (hetero-COSs) with different degrees of
deacetylation and molecular weights were prepared using an ultrafiltration (UF) membrane …

Scope The prebiotic regulation of the gut microbiota is a promising strategy to induce
protective humoral and mucosal immune responses. The potential immune‐improving …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether fructooligosaccharides
(FOS) exert an immunomodulating effect on Peyer's patches (PP), the main inductive site of …