Prevention of Ulcerative Colitis in Mice by Sweet Tea () via the Regulation of Gut Microbiota and Butyric-Acid-Mediated Anti-Inflammatory Signaling.

Sweet tea ( [Hance] Chun) is a new resource for food raw materials, with plenty of health functions. This study aimed to investigate the preventive effect and potential mechanism of sweet tea extract (STE) against ulcerative colitis (UC). Briefly, BABL/c mice were treated with STE (100 and 400 mg/kg) for 2 weeks to prevent 3% dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced UC.

Effects of aging on gene expression in blood of captive Tibetan macaques ( ) and comparisons with expression in humans.

Changes in gene expression occur as animals, including primates, age. Macaques have long been used as a model species for primate evolution and biomedical studies. Here, to study gene expression in Tibetan macaques (, TMs) and its differences to humans, we applied RNA-Seq to obtain the blood transcriptomes of 24 TMs.