Branched Chain Fatty Acids Reduce the Incidence of Necrotizing Enterocolitis and Alter Gastrointestinal Microbial Ecology in a Neonatal Rat Model

• Rinat R. Ran-Ressler,

  Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, Savage Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Ludmila Khailova,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Kelly M. Arganbright,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Camille K. Adkins-Rieck,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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• Zeina E. Jouni,

  Affiliation Mead Johnson Nutrition, Evansville, Indiana, United States of America

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• Omry Koren,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Ruth E. Ley,

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• J. Thomas Brenna ,

  * E-mail: jtb4@cornell.edu (JTB); dvorakb@peds.arizona.edu (BD)

  Affiliation Division of Nutritional Sciences, Savage Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, United States of America

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• Bohuslav Dvorak

  * E-mail: jtb4@cornell.edu (JTB); dvorakb@peds.arizona.edu (BD)

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

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