未使用链霉素处理(-)和使用链霉素处理(+)调节性T细胞的量的对比
接下来,研究人员又验证了单独缺少调节性T细胞时,产生的氧气同样是相对较少的,而只有它和PPAR-γ同时被抑制,才能达到足够的氧气含量。
这说明,丁酸盐不仅作用于肠道上皮细胞,免疫细胞也同样受到它的调节,共同维护肠道中的缺氧状态,创造适合有益菌生长繁殖的环境。
这个研究为我们指出了,PPAR-γ在维持肠道菌群平衡中是一个重要且必要的信号通路,而当肠杆菌科的致病菌增加,打破肠道菌群平衡甚至导致了疾病时,靶向PPAR-γ也可以是一个潜在的治疗方法。最后的最后,奇点糕还要再次提醒大家,多吃富含膳食纤维的食物,谨慎使用抗生素!
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