Effects of dietary tributyrin on intestinal mucosa development, mitochondrial function and AMPK-mTOR pathway in weaned pigs.

Chunchun WangShuting CaoZhuojun ShenQihua HongJie FengYan PengCaihong Hu

Published in: Journal of animal science and biotechnology (2019)

These findings suggest that dietary supplementation with tributyrin promotes intestinal mucosa growth, extenuates oxidative stress, improves mitochondrial function and modulates the AMPK-mTOR signal pathway of weaned pigs.

Keyphrases

oxidative stress
skeletal muscle
cell proliferation
protein kinase
dna damage
ischemia reperfusion injury
induced apoptosis
heat shock