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ReviewWorld journal of gastroenterology2016

Gastrointestinal neuromuscular apparatus: An underestimated target of gut microbiota.

Michele Pier Luca Guarino, Michele Cicala, Lorenza Putignani, Carola Severi

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Review in World journal of gastroenterology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Enteric nervous system as a therapeutic target in gastrointestinal disorders.World journal of gastrointestinal pharmacology and therapeutics · 2025
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  4. The interplay of gut microbiota and intestinal motility in gastrointestinal function.Journal of smooth muscle research = Nihon Heikatsukin Gakkai kikanshi · 2025
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  5. A review of recent developments in the imaging of disorders of gut-brain interaction.Journal of smooth muscle research = Nihon Heikatsukin Gakkai kikanshi · 2025
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  6. Microbiota-derived acetylcholine can promote gut motility inPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024
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  13. The Pathology and Physiology of Ileostomy.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022
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  17. Gut Microbiota-Based Therapies for Irritable Bowel Syndrome.Clinical and translational gastroenterology · 2018
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  20. The Gastric Ganglion ofFrontiers in physiology · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Michele Pier Luca GuarinoMichele Pier Luca Guarino, Michele Cicala, Digestive Disease Unit of Campus Bio Medico University of Rome, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Michele CicalaMichele Pier Luca Guarino, Michele Cicala, Digestive Disease Unit of Campus Bio Medico University of Rome, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Lorenza PutignaniMichele Pier Luca Guarino, Michele Cicala, Digestive Disease Unit of Campus Bio Medico University of Rome, 00128 Rome, Italy.
Carola SeveriMichele Pier Luca Guarino, Michele Cicala, Digestive Disease Unit of Campus Bio Medico University of Rome, 00128 Rome, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the last few years, the importance of the resident intestinal microbiota in the pathogenesis of several gastro-intestinal diseases has been largely investigated. Growing evidence suggest that microbiota can influence gastro-intestinal motility. The current working hypothesis is that dysbiosis-driven mucosal alterations induce the production of several inflammatory/immune mediators which affect gut neuro-muscular functions. Besides these indirect mucosal-mediated effects, the present review highlights that recent evidence suggests that microbiota can directly affect enteric nerves and smooth muscle cells functions through its metabolic products or bacterial molecular components translocated from the intestinal lumen. Toll-like receptors, the bacterial recognition receptors, are expressed both on enteric nerves and smooth muscle and are emerging as potential mediators between microbiota and the enteric neuromuscular apparatus. Furthermore, the ongoing studies on probiotics support the hypothesis that the neuromuscular apparatus may represent a target of intervention, thus opening new physiopathological and therapeutic scenarios.

Indexed as

DysbiosisEnteric Nervous SystemGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGastrointestinal MotilityGastrointestinal TractHumansMuscle, SmoothToll-Like ReceptorsToll-Like ReceptorsEnteric nervous systemGastrointestinal motilityIrritable bowel syndromeMicrobiotaProbioticsSmooth muscle

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PMID28018095
PMCPMC5143755

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