The Short-Chain Fatty Acid Uptake Fluxes by Mice on a Guar Gum Supplemented Diet Associate with Amelioration of Major Biomarkers of the Metabolic Syndrome

Gijs den Besten; Rick Havinga; Aycha Bleeker; Shodhan Rao; Albert Gerding; Karen van Eunen; Albert K. Groen; Dirk-Jan Reijngoud; Barbara M. Bakker

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0107392

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The Short-Chain Fatty Acid Uptake Fluxes by Mice on a Guar Gum Supplemented Diet Associate with Amelioration of Major Biomarkers of the Metabolic Syndrome

Gijs den Besten,

Affiliations Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics & Systems Biology Center for Energy Metabolism and Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Rick Havinga,

Affiliation Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics & Systems Biology Center for Energy Metabolism and Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Aycha Bleeker,

Affiliations Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics & Systems Biology Center for Energy Metabolism and Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Top Institute Food and Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Shodhan Rao,

Affiliation Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics & Systems Biology Center for Energy Metabolism and Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Albert Gerding,

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Karen van Eunen,

Affiliations Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics & Systems Biology Center for Energy Metabolism and Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Top Institute Food and Nutrition, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Albert K. Groen,

Affiliations Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics & Systems Biology Center for Energy Metabolism and Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Dirk-Jan Reijngoud,

Affiliations Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics & Systems Biology Center for Energy Metabolism and Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Barbara M. Bakker

* E-mail: B.M.Bakker01@umcg.nl

Affiliations Center for Liver, Digestive and Metabolic Diseases, Department of Pediatrics & Systems Biology Center for Energy Metabolism and Ageing, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands, Netherlands Consortium for Systems Biology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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The Short-Chain Fatty Acid Uptake Fluxes by Mice on a Guar Gum Supplemented Diet Associate with Amelioration of Major Biomarkers of the Metabolic Syndrome

Gijs den Besten,
Rick Havinga,
Aycha Bleeker,
Shodhan Rao,
Albert Gerding,
Karen van Eunen,
Albert K. Groen,
Dirk-Jan Reijngoud,
Barbara M. Bakker

Published: September 9, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0107392

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