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ReviewNutrients2024

The Immunomodulatory Effects of Selenium: A Journey from the Environment to the Human Immune System.

Rebecka A Sadler, Bonnie A Mallard, Umesh K Shandilya, Mohammed A Hachemi, Niel A Karrow

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Review in Nutrients, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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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

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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  8. Selenium biofortification: integrating one health and sustainability.Journal of the science of food and agriculture · 2026
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  14. Modification ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025
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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

5 authors.

Rebecka A SadlerDepartment of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.
Bonnie A MallardImmunoCeutica Inc., Cambridge, ON N1T 1N6, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-9853-905X
Umesh K ShandilyaDepartment of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-0148-8485
Mohammed A HachemiAdisseo France S.A.S., 10, Place du Général de Gaulle, 92160 Antony, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3062-7563
Niel A KarrowDepartment of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Selenium (Se) is an essential nutrient that has gained attention for its impact on the human immune system. The purpose of this review is to explore Se's immunomodulatory properties and to make up-to-date information available so novel therapeutic applications may emerge. People acquire Se through dietary ingestion, supplementation, or nanoparticle applications. These forms of Se can beneficially modulate the immune system by enhancing antioxidant activity, optimizing the innate immune response, improving the adaptive immune response, and promoting healthy gut microbiota. Because of these many actions, Se supplementation can help prevent and treat pathogenic diseases, autoimmune diseases, and cancers. This review will discuss Se as a key micronutrient with versatile applications that supports disease management due to its beneficial immunomodulatory effects. Further research is warranted to determine safe dosing guidelines to avoid toxicity and refine the application of Se in medical treatments.

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Dietary SupplementsImmune SystemSeleniumAdaptive ImmunityAnimalsAntioxidantsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansImmunity, InnateImmunologic FactorsImmunomodulating AgentsImmunomodulationAntioxidantsImmunologic FactorsImmunomodulating AgentsSeleniumadaptive immune responseantioxidantcolostrumimmunoglobulinimmunomodulationinflammationinnate immune responsemicrobiomeseleniumselenoproteins

Identifiers

PMID39408290
PMCPMC11479232

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