“…Most dietary thiamin exists as TPP, a form that is hydrolyzed to free thiamin before absorption by small intestinal phosphatases (21,27,28); this is followed by internalization of the free thiamine into absorptive cells via a process that is carrier-mediated and involves the SLC19A2 (THTR-1) and SLC19A3 (THTR-2) systems (6, 19 -21, 23, 27, 28, 33). The microbiota-generated thiamin exists in both the free and the TPP forms (1,7,8,28). Previous studies from our laboratory have shown that both forms of the vitamin are absorbed in the large intestine, with absorption of the free thiamin being mediated by the SLC19A2 and SLC19A3 systems (25,26,28), while that of TPP by the SLC44A4 system (TPPT) (13,16).…”