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ReviewGeriatrics (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Impact of Gut Microbiota on Aging and Frailty: A Narrative Review of the Literature.

Selene Escudero-Bautista, Arianna Omaña-Covarrubias, Ana Teresa Nez-Castro, Lydia López-Pontigo, Maribel Pimentel-Pérez, Alonso Chávez-Mejía

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Review in Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

6 authors.

Selene Escudero-BautistaDepartment of Gerontology, School of Medical Science, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, San Agustín Tlaxiaca 42060, Hidalgo, Mexico.
Arianna Omaña-CovarrubiasDepartment of Nutrition, School of Medical Science, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, San Agustín Tlaxiaca 42060, Hidalgo, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-8649-8617
Ana Teresa Nez-CastroDepartment of Nutrition, School of Medical Science, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, San Agustín Tlaxiaca 42060, Hidalgo, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0002-7530-7336
Lydia López-PontigoDepartment of Gerontology, School of Medical Science, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, San Agustín Tlaxiaca 42060, Hidalgo, Mexico.
Maribel Pimentel-PérezDepartment of Gerontology, School of Medical Science, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, San Agustín Tlaxiaca 42060, Hidalgo, Mexico.
Alonso Chávez-MejíaDepartment of Medicine, School of Medical Science, Autonomous University of the State of Hidalgo, San Agustín Tlaxiaca 42060, Hidalgo, Mexico.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is a natural, complex, and individual process that focuses on the progressive decay of the body and a decrease in cell function that begins in approximately the sixth decade of life and ends with death. Current scientific evidence shows that the aging process is mostly related to genetic load and varies because of the environment. Therefore, aging can be adjusted through the intervention of factors that control homeostasis in genetic, biochemical, and immunological processes, including those involving the gut microbiota. Indeed, the diversity of the gut microbiota decreases during aging, based on the presence of modifications in the hormonal, immunological, and operational processes of the gastrointestinal tract. These modifications lead to a state of dysbiosis. However, altering bacterial communities remains complicated due to the great diversity of factors that influence their modification. Alterations caused by the aging process are known to foster dysbiosis and correspond to conditions that determine the degree of frailty in senior citizens. Consequently, the microbial structure can be used as a biomarker for geriatric care in the promotion of healthy aging.

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agingdysbiosisfrailtygut microbiota

Identifiers

PMID39311235
PMCPMC11417718

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