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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Dual regulatory effects of gut microbiota and their metabolites in rheumatoid arthritis: balancing pathogenic and protective mechanisms.

Xingwen Xie, Xin Chen, Xuetao Wang, Sunli Wang, Peng Qi

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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 13 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Xingwen Xie *Affiliated Hospital of Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China.
Xin Chen *Affiliated Hospital of Gansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China.
Xuetao WangGansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China.
Sunli WangGansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China.
Peng QiGansu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Lanzhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disorder characterized by destructive, symmetric joint inflammation and synovitis, resulting in substantial disability that profoundly compromises patients' quality of life. Its pathogenesis encompasses complex interactions between genetic and environmental factors. Recent advances in bacterial DNA sequencing technologies have uncovered a significant correlation between the human gut microbiota composition and rheumatoid arthritis progression. Growing clinical and experimental evidence establishes the gut-joint axis as a crucial mediator in rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis. Comprehensive investigation of gut microbial communities and their metabolites' influence on rheumatoid arthritis mechanisms, coupled with the elucidation of microbiome's bidirectional regulatory effects in disease development, not only deepens our understanding of pathological processes but also establishes a theoretical framework for developing novel diagnostic biomarkers and personalized therapeutic interventions to enhance patient outcomes.

Indexed as

Arthritis, RheumatoidGastrointestinal MicrobiomeAnimalsBiomarkersHumansBiomarkersbidirectional regulationgut-joint axisgut microbiotaintestinal metabolitesrheumatoid arthritis

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PMID40370449
PMCPMC12075411

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