John A. Patterson

TL;DR: The intestinal microbiota, epithelium, and immune system provide resistance to enteric pathogens, and recent data suggest that resistance is not solely due to the sum of the components, but that cross-talk between these components is also involved in modulating this resistance.

TL;DR: It is reported that SCFAs can directly promote T-cell differentiation into T cells producing interleukin-17, interferon-γ, and/or IL-10 depending on cytokine milieu.

TL;DR: This research shows that acute stressors in poultry production systems can cause changes in the normal intestinal microbiota and epithelial structure, which may lead to increased attachment of Salmonella Enteritidis.

TL;DR: Human fecal fermentation profiles of maize, rice, and wheat bran and their dietary fiber fractions released by alkaline-hydrogen peroxide treatment were obtained with the aim of identifying and characterizing fractions associated with high production of short chain fatty acids and a linear fermentation profile for possible application as a slowly fermentable dietary fiber.

TL;DR: A number of the purported slowly fermentable fibers fermented fairly rapidly overall and, of this group, only the starch-entrapped microspheres appreciably fermented in the second half of the fermentation period, which shows a variety of fermentation profiles only some of which have slow and extended rate of fermentation.