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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2025

Engineered probiotics for inflammatory bowel disease therapy: mechanisms, delivery strategies, and precision medicine.

Xiaohua Wang, Yindi Cheng, Jiahui Huang, Feixuan Xu, Jian Jiang, Nonthaneth Nalinratana, Litong Jin, Ying Xue

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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 14 papers.

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14citing 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

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

8 authors.

Xiaohua WangZhejiang Key Laboratory for Restoration of Damaged Coastal Ecosystems, Zhejiang International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for Biomass Resources Development and Utilization, Taizhou Key Laboratory of Biomedicine and Advanced Dosage Forms, School of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.
Yindi ChengZhejiang Key Laboratory for Restoration of Damaged Coastal Ecosystems, Zhejiang International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for Biomass Resources Development and Utilization, Taizhou Key Laboratory of Biomedicine and Advanced Dosage Forms, School of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.
Jiahui HuangZhejiang Key Laboratory for Restoration of Damaged Coastal Ecosystems, Zhejiang International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for Biomass Resources Development and Utilization, Taizhou Key Laboratory of Biomedicine and Advanced Dosage Forms, School of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.
Feixuan XuZhejiang Key Laboratory for Restoration of Damaged Coastal Ecosystems, Zhejiang International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for Biomass Resources Development and Utilization, Taizhou Key Laboratory of Biomedicine and Advanced Dosage Forms, School of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.
Jian JiangDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Taizhou Central Hospital (Taizhou University Hospital), Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.
Nonthaneth NalinratanaDepartment of Pharmacology and Physiology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Center of Excellence in Natural Products for Ageing and Chronic Diseases, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Litong JinDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Taizhou Central Hospital (Taizhou University Hospital), Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.
Ying XueZhejiang Key Laboratory for Restoration of Damaged Coastal Ecosystems, Zhejiang International Science and Technology Cooperation Base for Biomass Resources Development and Utilization, Taizhou Key Laboratory of Biomedicine and Advanced Dosage Forms, School of Life Sciences, Taizhou University, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), encompassing ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), is a prevalent chronic gastrointestinal disorder. Conventional therapies are often limited by adverse effects and suboptimal long-term efficacy. Probiotics have emerged as promising therapeutic alternatives for IBD because of their ability to modulate the gut microbiota, reinforce intestinal barrier integrity, and regulate immune responses. However, their clinical translation is hampered by challenges within the harsh gastrointestinal milieu, including low viability, poor colonization, and insufficient target specificity. This review focuses on the engineering of probiotics designed to overcome these limitations for IBD management. We outline the therapeutic potential and mechanisms of action of probiotics in IBD, with a critical emphasis on discrepancies between preclinical and clinical observations. We subsequently discuss the drawbacks of conventional probiotic therapies, highlighting gaps between

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biosafetyCrohn’s diseaseengineered probioticsgenetic engineeringgut microbiomeinflammatory bowel diseaseprecision medicineulcerative colitis

Identifiers

PMID41640410
PMCPMC12865409

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