“…It was identified that butyrate could reduce gut permeability by promoting the assembly of tight junctions (TJ) (155) as well as inducing mucin synthesis (131), and the role of butyrate in restoring TJ barrier was achieved by affecting the expression of TJ proteins comprising claudin-2, occludin, cingulin, and zonula occludens (ZO) proteins (156). Despite the great variability of intestinal microbiota associated with T1D, most published studies have found that Bacteroides were positively associated with T1D development (24,27,28,30,32,34,38). These bacteria are able to ferment glucose and lactate to propionate, acetate, and succinate (157), which cannot induce the biosynthesis of mucin-like butyrate (158).…”