ReviewNutrition & metabolism2016
Probiotics in prevention and treatment of obesity: a critical view.
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138 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 340 citations in OpenAlex.
- ProbioticNarra J · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of probiotics on type II diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis.Journal of translational medicine · 2020Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Probiotic supplementation improves body composition, lipid profiles, and fatty acid metabolism in combat sports athletes during the weight reduction phase.Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition · 2026Trial
- Ameliorating effects of L-carnitine and synbiotic co-supplementation on anthropometric measures and cardiometabolic traits in women with obesity: a randomized controlled clinical trial.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Trial
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- Probiotics ameliorates glycemic control of patients with diabetic nephropathy: A randomized clinical study.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2021Trial
- Effect of probioticWorld journal of gastroenterology · 2021Trial
- The Effects of Lactobacillus casei on Glycemic Response, Serum Sirtuin1 and Fetuin-A Levels in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Randomized Controlled TrialIranian biomedical journal · 2019Trial
- Precise probiotic therapy: Advances, bottlenecks, and the road to microbiome-informed nutrition.Gut microbes · 2026Review
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- The root rhizosphere as a functional analog to the gut microbiome: Cases for microbial symbiosis and dysbiosis in parallel contexts.PNAS nexus · 2026Review
- A Novel Strain Bifidobacterium longum subsp. longum HN001 Ameliorates High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Mice Through Microbiome-Associated Short-Chain Fatty Acids.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Article
- Probiotics: multifunctional microorganisms for human health and biotechnological applications.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Unveiling the probiotic potential ofAIMS microbiology · 2026Article
- Fructooligosaccharides-driven metabolism of a definedFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
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- Synergistic anti-obesity effects of Bifidobacterium breve BR3 and Lactiplantibacillus plantarum LP3 via coordinated regulation of lipid metabolism and gut microbiota.Journal of microbiology (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Article
- Microbial Biotransformation of Chicory byInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Microbiome-based approaches to personalized nutrition: from gut health to disease prevention.Folia microbiologica · 2025Review
78 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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9 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
The worldwide prevalence of obesity more than doubled between 1980 and 2014. The obesity pandemic is tightly linked to an increase in energy availability, sedentariness and greater control of ambient temperature that have paralleled the socioeconomic development of the past decades. The most frequent cause which leads to the obesity development is a dysbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure. The gut microbiota as an environmental factor which influence whole-body metabolism by affecting energy balance but also inflammation and gut barrier function, integrate peripheral and central food intake regulatory signals and thereby increase body weight. Probiotics have physiologic functions that contribute to the health of gut microbiota, can affect food intake and appetite, body weight and composition and metabolic functions through gastrointestinal pathways and modulation of the gut bacterial community.
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