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ReviewFrontiers of medicine2018

Calorie restriction and its impact on gut microbial composition and global metabolism.

Xiaojiao Zheng, Shouli Wang, Wei Jia

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Review in Frontiers of medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Untargeted metabolomics reveals effects of calorie restriction on skeletal muscle in older female and male rats.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Xiaojiao ZhengShanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, 200233, China.
Shouli WangShanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, 200233, China.
Wei JiaShanghai Key Laboratory of Diabetes Mellitus and Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, 200233, China. WJia@cc.hawaii.edu.

Funding

University of Hawaii Cancer Center CCSGP30CA071789 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT MANOA · PI Pallav Pokhrel · 1996 to 2026
$56.2M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Calorie restriction (CR) is a dietary regimen that reduces calorie intake without incurring malnutrition or a reduction in essential nutrients. It has long been recognized as a natural strategy for promoting health, extending longevity, and prevents the development of metabolic and age-related diseases. In the present review, we focus on the general effect of CR on gut microbiota composition and global metabolism. We also propose mechanisms for its beneficial effect. Results showed that probiotic and butyrate-producing microbes increased their relative abundance, whereas proinflammatory strains exhibited suppressed relative abundance following CR. Analyses of the gut microbial and host metabolisms revealed that most host microbial co-metabolites were changed due to CR. Examples of dramatic CR-induced changes in host metabolism included a decrease in the rate of lipid biosynthesis and an increase in the rates of fatty acid catabolism, β-oxidation, glycogenolysis, and gluconeogenesis. The observed phenotypes and the further verification of the direct link between gut microbiota and metabolome may benefit patients that are at risk for developing metabolic disease. Thus, improved gut microbiota composition and metabolome are potential biomarkers for determining the effectiveness of dietary interventions for age-related and metabolic diseases.

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Caloric RestrictionGastrointestinal MicrobiomeMetabolomeAnimalsBacteroidesBacteroidetesGastrointestinal TractHumansMetabolic Diseasescaloric restrictiongut microbiotametabolome

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