Gut-targeted butyrate protects against peanut allergy and colitis in mice

I’ve written extensively about the importance of butyrate for overall gut health and talked about the merits of supplementing with forms of butyrate that release lower in the GI tract.

Much of my initial interest in the microbiome and butyrate began with a summer undergraduate research fellowship at the University of Chicago, where Dr. Cathryn Nagler and…