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Gut Microbiota Secondary Metabolites: Key Roles in GI Tract Cancers and Infectious Diseases.

Eman K E Anwer, Muhammad Ajagbe, Moustafa Sherif, Abobaker S Musaibah, Shuaib Mahmoud, Ali ElBanbi, Anwar Abdelnaser

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Review in Biomedicines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 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

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

16 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Microbiome-guided cancer immunotherapy: immune mechanisms, resistance pathways, and translational opportunities for precision oncology.Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico · 2026
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  9. Molecular Mechanisms of Probiotic Action Against Gastrointestinal Cancers.International journal of molecular sciences · 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

7 authors.

Eman K E AnwerBiotechnology Graduate Program, School of Sciences and Engineering, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0004-3617-4835
Muhammad AjagbeBiotechnology Graduate Program, School of Sciences and Engineering, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0005-5232-4132
Moustafa SherifBiotechnology Graduate Program, School of Sciences and Engineering, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt.
Abobaker S MusaibahInstitute of Global Health and Human Ecology, School of Sciences and Engineering, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0008-1776-4636
Shuaib MahmoudInstitute of Global Health and Human Ecology, School of Sciences and Engineering, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt.ORCID 0009-0005-3485-2951
Ali ElBanbiBiology Department, School of Sciences and Engineering, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt.
Anwar AbdelnaserInstitute of Global Health and Human Ecology, School of Sciences and Engineering, The American University in Cairo, New Cairo 11835, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-0088-6799

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiota, a dynamic ecosystem of trillions of microorganisms, produces secondary metabolites that profoundly influence host health. Recent research has highlighted the significant role of these metabolites, particularly short-chain fatty acids, indoles, and bile acids, in modulating immune responses, impacting epigenetic mechanisms, and contributing to disease processes. In gastrointestinal (GI) cancers such as colorectal, liver, and gastric cancer, microbial metabolites can drive tumorigenesis by promoting inflammation, DNA damage, and immune evasion. Conversely, these same metabolites hold therapeutic promise, potentially enhancing responses to chemotherapy and immunotherapy and even directly suppressing tumor growth. In addition, gut microbial metabolites play crucial roles in infectious disease susceptibility and resilience, mediating immune pathways that impact pathogen resistance. By consolidating recent insights into the gut microbiota's role in shaping disease and health, this review underscores the therapeutic potential of targeting microbiome-derived metabolites for treating GI cancers and infectious diseases and calls for further research into microbiome-based interventions.

Indexed as

cancerepigenetic regulationgastro-intestinal tractgut microbiomeinfectious diseasesecondary metabolitestumorigenesis

Identifiers

PMID39857684
PMCPMC11762448

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