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ReviewNutrients2019

Probiotics in Extraintestinal Diseases: Current Trends and New Directions.

Despoina E Kiousi, Athanasios Karapetsas, Kyriaki Karolidou, Mihalis I Panayiotidis, Aglaia Pappa, Alex Galanis

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Review in Nutrients, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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30citing 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

30 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Oral Administration ofAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026
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  20. The Role of Intestinal Flora in the Regulation of Bone Homeostasis.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
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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

6 authors.

Despoina E KiousiDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece. despkiou1@mbg.duth.gr.
Athanasios KarapetsasDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece. a.karapetsas@dundee.ac.uk.
Kyriaki KarolidouDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece. kyriakikarolidou@gmail.com.
Mihalis I PanayiotidisDepartment of Applied Sciences, Northumbria University, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, UK. m.panagiotidis@northumbria.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0002-1450-3552
Aglaia PappaDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece. apappa@mbg.duth.gr.
Alex GalanisDepartment of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis 68100, Greece. agalanis@mbg.duth.gr.ORCID 0000-0001-9991-3173

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Probiotics are defined as live microorganisms that when administered in adequate amounts confer a health benefit to the host. Their positive supplementation outcomes on several gastrointestinal disorders are well defined. Nevertheless, their actions are not limited to the gut, but may also impart their beneficial effects at distant sites and organs. In this regard, in this review article we: (i) comprehensively describe the main mechanisms of action of probiotics at distant sites, including bones, skin, and brain; (ii) critically present their therapeutic potential against bone, skin, and neuronal diseases (e.g., osteoporosis, non-healing wounds and autoimmune skin illnesses, mood, behavior, memory, and cognitive impairments); (iii) address the current gaps in the preclinical and clinical research; and (iv) indicate new research directions and suggest future investigations.

Indexed as

Wound HealingBone DiseasesCentral Nervous System DiseasesHumansProbioticsSkin Diseasesbonegastrointestinalmicrobiotaneuronal diseaseprobioticsskin

Identifiers

PMID30959761
PMCPMC6521300

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