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ReviewThe FEBS journal2025

Gut microbiota in multiple sclerosis and animal models.

Sean M Schumacher, William J Doyle, Kristina Hill, Javier Ochoa-Repáraz

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Review in The FEBS journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Sean M SchumacherDepartment of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, ID, USA.
William J DoyleDepartment of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, ID, USA.
Kristina HillDepartment of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, ID, USA.
Javier Ochoa-RepárazDepartment of Biological Sciences, Boise State University, ID, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9610-3175

Funding

Women's health: interplay of maternal diet and key demographics on neurological health in the rural frontier and remote WestP20GM103408 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO · PI Kenneth A Cornell · 2012 to 2026
$59.8M
VPS35 D620N inhibits autophagy through disrupted hyaluronic acid-CD44 signalingP20GM109095 · NIGMS · BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI OXFORD, JULIA THOM · 2014 to 2023
$22.7M
PAR04-122, Extramural Research Facilities Construction:*C06RR020533 · NCRR · BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI RUDIN, MARK JOSEPH · 2010 to 2010
$4.0M
Targeting the GABA-modulator microbiota against the progression of CNS inflammatory demyelinationR15NS107743 · NINDS · EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI OCHOA-REPARAZ, JAVIER, ROULLET, JEAN-BAPTISTE O · 2019 to 2019
$419k
Directorate for Biological Sciences 0619793Directorate for Biological Sciences 0923535Idaho State Board of EducationM. J. Murdock Charitable TrustNCRR NIH HHS C06 RR020533NIGMS NIH HHS 1C06RR020533NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103408NIGMS NIH HHS P20GM103408NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM109095NIGMS NIH HHS P20GM109095NINDS NIH HHS R15 NS107743NINDS NIH HHS R15NS107743
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic central nervous system (CNS) neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory disease marked by a host immune reaction that targets and destroys the neuronal myelin sheath. MS and correlating animal disease models show comorbidities, including intestinal barrier disruption and alterations of the commensal microbiome. It is accepted that diet plays a crucial role in shaping the microbiota composition and overall gastrointestinal (GI) tract health, suggesting an interplay between nutrition and neuroinflammation via the gut-brain axis. Unfortunately, poor host health and diet lead to microbiota modifications that could lead to significant responses in the host, including inflammation and neurobehavioral changes. Beneficial microbial metabolites are essential for host homeostasis and inflammation control. This review will highlight the importance of the gut microbiota in the context of host inflammatory responses in MS and MS animal models. Additionally, microbial community restoration and how it affects MS and GI barrier integrity will be discussed.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeMultiple SclerosisAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalEncephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalHumansautoimmunity dietdysbiosismicrobiotamultiple sclerosis

Identifiers

PMID38817090
PMCPMC11607183

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