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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2025

Oral microbiome contributions to metabolic syndrome pathogenesis.

Zijun Yue, Yue Fan, Guangliang Shan, Xingming Chen

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Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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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

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

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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

4 authors.

Zijun YueDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Yue FanDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Guangliang ShanDepartment of Epidemiology and Statistics, School of Basic Medicine Peking, Union Medical College, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Xingming ChenDepartment of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Comprising over 700 bacterial species, the oral microbiome is the second most diverse microbial community in the human body after the gut microbiome. Currently, existing review literature suggests that gut microbiome events may play a significant role in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome, but the role of the oral microbiome in this disease has not yet been reviewed. The oral-gut microbiome axis refers to a bidirectional regulatory system that facilitates interaction between the oral cavity and the gut through microbial pathways. The microbiota from these two sites can migrate between each other via pathways such as swallowing and blood circulation, which may participate in disease development. In addition to the oral-gut axis, the oral microbiome itself may also influence disease pathogenesis. This review examines the potential contributions of the oral microbiome in the pathogenesis of metabolic syndrome, emphasizing its impact on insulin resistance, systemic inflammation and adipokine secretion. We explore therapeutic strategies targeting the oral microbiome which hold promise as future treatments for metabolic syndrome. Future research is needed to further elucidate the causal relationship between the oral microbiome and metabolic syndrome and to develop personalized microbiome-based therapies.

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metabolic syndromemicrobiologymicroorganismsoral microbiomeoral pathogen

Identifiers

PMID40862144
PMCPMC12371707

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