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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Microbiota-derived extracellular vesicles: current knowledge, gaps, and challenges in precision nutrition.

Elvira Marquez-Paradas, Maria Torrecillas-Lopez, Luna Barrera-Chamorro, Jose L Del Rio-Vazquez, Teresa Gonzalez-de la Rosa, Sergio Montserrat-de la Paz

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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 16 papers.

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16citing 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

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Effect of gut bacterial extracellular vesicles on angiogenic potential and vascular integrity: positive and negative aspects.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Elvira Marquez-ParadasDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.
Maria Torrecillas-LopezDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.
Luna Barrera-ChamorroDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.
Jose L Del Rio-VazquezDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.
Teresa Gonzalez-de la RosaDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.
Sergio Montserrat-de la PazDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Seville, Seville, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiota has co-evolved with its host, profoundly shaping the development and functioning of the immune system. This co-evolution has led to a dynamic relationship where microbial metabolites and molecular signals influence immune maturation, tolerance, and defense mechanisms, highlighting its essential role in maintaining host health. Recently, bacterial extracellular vesicles (BEVs), membrane nanoparticles produced by bacteria, have emerged as important players in gut balance and as potent immune modulators. These vesicles reflect the characteristics of the bacterial membrane and contain nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and metabolites. They can regulate immune processes and are involved in neurological and metabolic diseases due to their ability to distribute both locally in the gut and systemically, affecting immune responses at both levels. This review provides a comprehensive overview of the characteristics and functional profile of BEVs, detailing how nutrition influences the production and function of these vesicles, how antibiotics can disrupt or alter their composition, and how these factors collectively impact immunity and disease development. It also highlights the potential of BEVs in the development of precision nutritional strategies through dietary modulation, such as incorporating prebiotic fibers to enhance beneficial BEV production, reducing intake of processed foods that may promote harmful BEVs, and tailoring probiotic interventions to influence specific microbial communities and their vesicular outputs.

Indexed as

BacteriaExtracellular VesiclesGastrointestinal MicrobiomeAnimalsHumansPrecision MedicineProbioticsdietgut-brain-axisgut microbiotaimmunityimmunonutrition

Identifiers

PMID40051622
PMCPMC11882860

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