Nature Communications (Sep 2018)

Microbiota-derived short-chain fatty acids promote Th1 cell IL-10 production to maintain intestinal homeostasis

  • Mingming Sun,
  • Wei Wu,
  • Liang Chen,
  • Wenjing Yang,
  • Xiangsheng Huang,
  • Caiyun Ma,
  • Feidi Chen,
  • Yi Xiao,
  • Ye Zhao,
  • Chunyan Ma,
  • Suxia Yao,
  • Victor H. Carpio,
  • Sara M. Dann,
  • Qihong Zhao,
  • Zhanju Liu,
  • Yingzi Cong

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05901-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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T cells play a critical role in intestinal homeostasis, with increasing evidence suggesting a role for the microbiome metabolome in modulating this response. Here the authors show short-chain fatty acids promote IL-10 production in Th1 cells.