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ReviewMicroorganisms2024

Unraveling the Role of the Human Gut Microbiome in Health and Diseases.

Mohamad Khalil, Agostino Di Ciaula, Laura Mahdi, Nour Jaber, Domenica Maria Di Palo, Annarita Graziani, Gyorgy Baffy, Piero Portincasa

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Review in Microorganisms, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
46citing 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

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

  1. Pooled it
  2. Heat-TreatedNutrients · 2025
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  4. Neuroglobin: A New Player in the Gut-Brain Axis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  12. Nutrients · 2026
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  16. Diversity of Archaea.Progress in molecular and subcellular biology · 2026
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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

8 authors.

Mohamad KhalilClinica Medica "A. Murri", Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), Medical School, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Agostino Di CiaulaClinica Medica "A. Murri", Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), Medical School, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5476-7376
Laura MahdiClinica Medica "A. Murri", Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), Medical School, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3190-331X
Nour JaberClinica Medica "A. Murri", Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), Medical School, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Domenica Maria Di PaloDivision of Hygiene, Department of Interdisciplinary Medicine, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy.
Annarita GrazianiInstitut AllergoSan Pharmazeutische Produkte Forschungs- und Vertriebs GmbH, 8055 Graz, Austria.
Gyorgy BaffyDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endoscopy, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02130, USA.
Piero PortincasaClinica Medica "A. Murri", Department of Precision and Regenerative Medicine and Ionian Area (DiMePre-J), Medical School, University of Bari Aldo Moro, 70124 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5359-1471

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human gut is a complex ecosystem that supports billions of living species, including bacteria, viruses, archaea, phages, fungi, and unicellular eukaryotes. Bacteria give genes and enzymes for microbial and host-produced compounds, establishing a symbiotic link between the external environment and the host at both the gut and systemic levels. The gut microbiome, which is primarily made up of commensal bacteria, is critical for maintaining the healthy host's immune system, aiding digestion, synthesizing essential nutrients, and protecting against pathogenic bacteria, as well as influencing endocrine, neural, humoral, and immunological functions and metabolic pathways. Qualitative, quantitative, and/or topographic shifts can alter the gut microbiome, resulting in dysbiosis and microbial dysfunction, which can contribute to a variety of noncommunicable illnesses, including hypertension, cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, cancer, and irritable bowel syndrome. While most evidence to date is observational and does not establish direct causation, ongoing clinical trials and advanced genomic techniques are steadily enhancing our understanding of these intricate interactions. This review will explore key aspects of the relationship between gut microbiota, eubiosis, and dysbiosis in human health and disease, highlighting emerging strategies for microbiome engineering as potential therapeutic approaches for various conditions.

Indexed as

gut barriergut microbesintestinal permeabilityleaky gutmicrobiome

Identifiers

PMID39597722
PMCPMC11596745

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