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ReviewCurrent medicinal chemistry2017

Vitamin D/VDR, Probiotics, and Gastrointestinal Diseases.

Mei Shang, Jun Sun

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Review in Current medicinal chemistry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 55 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
55citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.0field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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

55 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 125 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Effect of PostbioticNutrients · 2024
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  5. Effects of 60-DayNutrients · 2021
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  10. The bile acid-gut microbiota-vitamin D axis: new insights into biliary atresia.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  11. Activated vitamin DScientific reports · 2025
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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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mei ShangDepartment of Parasitology, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou. China.
Jun SunDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 S Wood Street, Room 704 CSB, Chicago, IL, 60612. United States.
Sun Yat-sen University · CNUniversity of Illinois Chicago · US

Funding

Vitamin D Receptor Regulation of Microbiota in Intestinal EpitheliaR01DK105118 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI SUN, JUN · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
Enteric bacterial modulation of Vitamin D Receptor signaling in colitisR03DK089010 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI SUN, JUN · 2010 to 2011
$154k
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK105118NIDDK NIH HHS R03 DK089010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Vitamin D is an important factor in regulating inflammation, immune responses, and carcinoma inhibition via action of its receptor, vitamin D receptor (VDR). Recent studies have demonstrated the role of vitamin D/VDR in regulating host-bacterial interactions. Probiotics are beneficial bacteria with the power of supporting or favoring life on the host. In the current review, we will discuss the recent progress on the roles of vitamin D/VDR in gut microbiome and inflammation. We will summarize evidence of probiotics in modulating vitamin D/VDR and balancing gut microbiota in health and gastrointestinal diseases. Moreover, we will review the clinical application of probiotics in prevention and therapy of IBD or colon cancer. Despite of the gains, there remain several barriers to advocate broad use of probiotics in clinical therapy. We will also discuss the limits and future direction in scientific understanding of probiotics, vitamin D/VDR, and host responses.

Indexed as

ProbioticsGastrointestinal DiseasesHumansReceptors, CalcitriolVitamin DReceptors, CalcitriolVitamin DAutophagybacteriacolitiscolon cancerIBDinflammationlactic acid bacteriaNF-κBprobioticsVDRvitamin D

Identifiers

PMID27915988
PMCPMC5457364
OpenAlexW2560750456

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