Butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) produced by gut bacteria in the colon, serves as a critical energy source for colonocytes. Gut microbiota and its primary metabolite, butyrate, have been ...

Within a day of injury, beneficial bacteria plummet, harmful microbes rise, and levels of butyrate—a key anti-inflammatory compound—drop significantly. This microbial chaos fuels immune overactivation ...