Short-chain fatty acids reduce inflammation in the lungs of older mice

[Joachim]

The gut microbial community structure—communities of bacteria, viruses and fungi that live in the intestines—influences the inflammatory response in the lungs of aging mice, according to researchers from the Institute of Functional Anatomy at Charité, the Medical University of Berlin in Germany. The study is published in the American Journal of Physiology-Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology and has been chosen as an APSselect article for May.

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