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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

The role of short-chain fatty acid in metabolic syndrome and its complications: focusing on immunity and inflammation.

Wenqian Yu, Siyuan Sun, Qiang Fu

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 42 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Wenqian Yu *Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Siyuan Sun *Dongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.
Qiang FuDongzhimen Hospital, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic syndrome (Mets) is an important contributor to morbidity and mortality in cardiovascular, liver, neurological, and reproductive diseases. Short-chain fatty acid (SCFA), an organismal energy donor, has recently been demonstrated in an increasing number of studies to be an important molecule in ameliorating immuno-inflammation, an important causative factor of Mets, and to improve lipid distribution, blood glucose, and body weight levels in animal models of Mets. This study reviews recent research advances on SCFA in Mets from an immune-inflammatory perspective, including complications dominated by chronic inflammation, as well as the fact that these findings also contribute to the understanding of the specific mechanisms by which gut flora metabolites contribute to metabolic processes in humans. This review proposes an emerging role for SCFA in the inflammatory Mets, followed by the identification of major ambiguities to further understand the anti-inflammatory potential of this substance in Mets. In addition, this study proposes novel strategies to modulate SCFA for the treatment of Mets that may help to mitigate the prognosis of Mets and its complications.

Indexed as

Fatty Acids, VolatileInflammationMetabolic SyndromeAnimalsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansFatty Acids, Volatilecomplicationsimmunityinflammationmetabolic syndromeshort chain fatty acids

Identifiers

PMID39991152
PMCPMC11842938

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