Food Dyes Correlated with Colitis

The study, conducted in mice, found that the mice developed colitis when they consumed food with the artificial food colorants FD&C Red 40 and Yellow 6 when a specific component of their immune system, known as cytokine IL-23, was dysregulated.

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Zhengxiang He, Lili Chen, Jovani Catalan-Dibene, Gerold Bongers, Jeremiah J. Faith, Chalada Suebsuwong, Robert J. DeVita, Zeli Shen, James G. Fox, Juan J. Lafaille, Glaucia C. Furtado, Sergio A. Lira, Food colorants metabolized by commensal bacteria promote colitis in mice with dysregulated expression of interleukin-23, Cell Metabolism,2021,,ISSN 1550-4131,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2021.04.015.

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