Short chain fatty acids

Introduction. Section I: Short Chain Fatty Acid Production. 1. Control of short chain volatile acid production in the colon M.J. Wolin. 2. Quantitating short chain fatty acid production in humans J.H. Cummings. 3. Energy value of fermentation E. Wisker, W. Feldheim. 4. Segmental differences in colonic function G.I. Sandle. 5. Short chain fatty acid and lactate production by human intestinal bacteria grown in batch and continuous culture G.T. Macfarlane, G.R. Gibson, S. Macfarlane. 6. In vivo models for short chain fatty acid production T. Midtvedt. Section II: Short Chain Fatty Acid Absorption. 7. Methodological approaches to study colonic short chain fatty acid transport J.H. Sellin. 8. In vitro studies of short chain fatty acid transport with intact tissue G. Rechkemmer. 9. Short chain fatty acid transport by human intestinal apical membranes K. Ramaswamy, J.M. Harig, K.H. Soergel. 10. Short chain fatty acid stimulation of electroneutral Na--Cl absorption: role of apical SCFA--HCO3 and SCFA--Cl Exchanges V.M. Rajendran, H.J. Binder. Section III: Colonocyte Biology. 11. Colonocyte differentiation and proliferation: overview and the butyrate-induced transcriptional regulation of oncodevelopmental placental-like alkaline phosphatase gene in colon cancer cells Y.S. Kim, J.R. Gum, S.B. Ho, G. Deng. 12. Effect of butyrate on gene expression J. Kruh, L. Tichonicky, N. Defer. 13. Butyrate and the colorectal cancer cell G.P. Young, P.R. Gibson. 14. Short chain fatty acids and postoperative intestinal adaptation K.J. Reilly, W.L. Frankel, J.L. Rombeau. 15. Cellular metabolism of colonocytes J.R. del Castillo, R. Muniz, M.C. Sulbaran-Carrasco, S. Pekerar. Section IV: Short Chain Fatty Acids and Colonic Diseases. 16. The imprint of disease on short chain fatty acid metabolism by colonocytes W.E.W. Roediger. 17. Short chain fatty acids improve epithelia in ulcerative colitis? Speculation on mechanisms W. Scheppach. 18. Short chain fatty acid rectal irrigation therapy for left-sided ulcerative colitis: A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Interim report R.I. Breuer, M.L. Christ, B.A. Lashner, K.H. Soergel, S.B. Hanauer, J.M. Harig, ZM. Robinson, A. VAnagunas, A. Keshavarzian, T. Wardzala, M. Hinkle, M. Desai, A. Rademaker. 19. The use of short chain fatty acids in oral rehydration solutions B.S. Ramakrishna. 20. Mechanism of carbohydrate-induced diarrhoea J.-C. Rambaud, B. Flourie. 21. Antibiotic-associated diarrhoea P.B. Mortensen, M.R. Clausen. Section V: Short Chain Fatty Acids and Metabolism. 22. Short chain fatty acids and carbohydrate metabolism T. Wolever. 23. Propionate -- sources and effect on lipid metabolism A. Stephen. 24. Short chain fatty acids and hepatic metabolism C. Demigne, C. Re mesy. Index.