Defects in the mucus layer increase susceptibility to pathogens and have been linked to the development of inflammatory bowel diseases, especially those related to the abovementioned dysfunction in limiting overall pathogenic and commensal microbe abundance on the gut mucosal surface 64,65
Cysteine is a valuable carbon source, since its catabolism produces organic compounds such as pyruvate, -ketobutyrate, glutamate, serine, propionyl-CoA, succinate, and acetyl-CoA which supply the TCA cycle, and are intermediates for fatty acid synthesis (54, 55)
Parra A, Rivas F, Garcia-Granados A, Martinez A (2009) Microbial transformation of triterpenoids
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Since DNA replication stress can also be regulated by the redox status, we then measured ROS, GSSG, and reduced GSH in these cells