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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Intestinal-pulmonary axis: a 'Force For Good' against respiratory viral infections.

Jianing Zhu, Zihang Huang, Ying Lin, Wenxu Zhu, Binbin Zeng, Dong Tang

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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. Cited by 12 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jianing ZhuClinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Zihang HuangClinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Ying LinClinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Wenxu ZhuClinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Binbin ZengClinical Medical College, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.
Dong TangDepartment of General Surgery, Institute of General Surgery Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital Affiliated to Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Respiratory viral infections are a major global public health concern, and current antiviral therapies still have limitations. In recent years, research has revealed significant similarities between the immune systems of the gut and lungs, which interact through the complex physiological network known as the "gut-lung axis." As one of the largest immune organs, the gut, along with the lungs, forms an inter-organ immune network, with strong parallels in innate immune mechanisms, such as the activation of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). Furthermore, the gut microbiota influences antiviral immune responses in the lungs through mechanisms such as systemic transport of gut microbiota-derived metabolites, immune cell migration, and cytokine regulation. Studies have shown that gut dysbiosis can exacerbate the severity of respiratory infections and may impact the efficacy of antiviral therapies. This review discusses the synergistic role of the gut-lung axis in antiviral immunity against respiratory viruses and explores potential strategies for modulating the gut microbiota to mitigate respiratory viral infections. Future research should focus on the immune mechanisms of the gut-lung axis to drive the development of novel clinical treatment strategies.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeIntestinesLungRespiratory Tract InfectionsVirus DiseasesAnimalsDysbiosisHumansImmunity, Innategut-lung immune axisimmune cell migrationimmune factor cyclingintestinal microbiotarespiratory viral infectionssystemic transport of gut microbiota-derived metabolites

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PMID40170840
PMCPMC11959011

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