Diet is a key environmental factor in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and, at the same
time, represents one of the most promising therapies for IBD. Our daily diet often contains …

Diet plays a pivotal role in the onset and course of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
Patients are keen to know what to eat to reduce symptoms and flares, but dietary guidelines …

Background Some oral probiotics have been shown to prevent necrotizing enterocolitis
(NEC) and decrease mortality effectively in preterm very low birth weight (PVLBW) infants …

There is increasing interest in nonrodent translational models for the study of human
disease. The pig, in particular, serves as a useful animal model for the study of …

At birth, the newborn mammal undergoes a transition from a sterile uterine environment with
a constant nutrient supply, to a microbe-rich environment with intermittent oral intake of …

Clostridium butyricum, a strictly anaerobic spore-forming bacillus, is a common human and
animal gut commensal bacterium, and is also frequently found in the environment. Whereas …

Gastrointestinal disease is a prevalent cause of morbidity and mortality and the use of
animal models have been instrumental in studying mechanisms of digestive …

Background & Aims Food additives, such as emulsifiers, stabilizers, or bulking agents, are
present in the Western diet and their consumption is increasing. However, little is known …

Dietary nutrients are essential for gastrointestinal (GI) growth and function, and nutritional
support of GI growth and development is a significant component of infant care. For healthy …

In physiological conditions, the gut is heavily infiltrated with various subsets of inflammatory
cells, whose activity is tightly controlled by counter-regulatory mechanisms. Defects in such …