butyric acid

butyric acid is a lipid of Fatty Acyls (FA) class. Butyric acid is associated with abnormalities such as PARKINSON DISEASE, LATE-ONSET, Colitis, Autoimmune Diseases, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases and PARAGANGLIOMAS 2. The involved functions are known as DNA Methylation, Transcription, Genetic, chromatin modification, Gene Expression and Gene Silencing. Butyric acid often locates in Membrane, Chromatin Structure, Chromosomes, viral nucleocapsid location and Ribosomes. The associated genes with butyric acid are Locus, Genes, Dominant, Genes, rRNA, Genome and Chromatin. The related lipids are Butyrates, butyrate, Promega, Butyric Acids and Butyric Acid.

References related to functions published in Gut


PMIDJournalPublished DateAuthorTitle
9301506Gut1997Lewis SJ and Heaton KWIncreasing butyrate concentration in the distal colon by accelerating intestinal transit.
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10716678Gut2000Ahmad MS et al.Butyrate and glucose metabolism by colonocytes in experimental colitis in mice.
10716680Gut2000Siavoshian S et al.Butyrate and trichostatin A effects on the proliferation/differentiation of human intestinal epithelial cells: induction of cyclin D3 and p21 expression.