Butyrate enhances disease resistance of chickens by inducing antimicrobial host defense peptide gene expression.
Host defense peptides (HDPs) constitute a large group of natural broad-spectrum antimicrobials and an important first line of immunity in virtually all forms of life. Specific augmentation of synthesis of endogenous HDPs may represent a promising antibiotic-alternative approach to disease control. I...
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011
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