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.