Colorectal cancer cells increase the production of short chain fatty acids by Propionibacterium freudenreichii impacting on cancer cells survival

The authors acknowledge the financial support from the FEDER through POFC—COMPETE and by FCT through project PEst-OE/BIA/UI4050/2014. This work was supported by FCT I.P. through the strategic funding of UID/BIO/04469/2013 unit and project ref. RECI/BBB-EBI/0179/2012 (project number FCOMP-01-0124- FEDER-027462). This work was also supported by the strategic programme UID/BIA/04050/2013 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007569) funded by national funds through the FCT I.P. and by the ERDF through the COMPETE2020—Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalizacao (POCI). This article is a result of the project EcoAgriFood NORTE-01-0145-FEDER-00009, supported by Norte Portugal Regional Operational Programme (NORTE 2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, through the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).