Pancreatic and pancreatic-like microbial proteases accelerate gut maturation in neonatal rats.

<h4>Objectives</h4>Postnatal gut maturation in neonatal mammals, either at natural weaning or after precocious inducement, is coinciding with enhanced enzymes production by exocrine pancreas. Since the involvement of enzymes in gut functional maturation was overlooked, the present study...

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Main Authors: Olena Prykhodko, Stefan G Pierzynowski, Elham Nikpey, Ester Arevalo Sureda, Olexandr Fedkiv, Björn R Weström
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0116947