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ArticleNutrients2020

The Effects of Low-Nickel Diet Combined with Oral Administration of Selected Probiotics on Patients with Systemic Nickel Allergy Syndrome (SNAS) and Gut Dysbiosis.

Francesca Lombardi, Fabiana Fiasca, Martina Minelli, Dominga Maio, Antonella Mattei, Ilaria Vergallo, Maria Grazia Cifone, Benedetta Cinque, Mauro Minelli

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Article in Nutrients, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Francesca LombardiDepartment of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Pompeo Spennati, Building Rita Levi Montalcini, Coppito, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Fabiana FiascaDepartment of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Pompeo Spennati, Building Rita Levi Montalcini, Coppito, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Martina MinelliPoliSmail, Specialistic Unit Allergic & Immunological Pathologies, Via Clemente Rebora, 1, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
Dominga MaioPoliSmail, Specialistic Unit Allergic & Immunological Pathologies, Via Clemente Rebora, 1, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
Antonella MatteiDepartment of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Pompeo Spennati, Building Rita Levi Montalcini, Coppito, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Ilaria VergalloPoliSmail, Specialistic Unit Allergic & Immunological Pathologies, Via Clemente Rebora, 1, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
Maria Grazia CifoneDepartment of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Pompeo Spennati, Building Rita Levi Montalcini, Coppito, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Benedetta CinqueDepartment of Life, Health & Environmental Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Via Pompeo Spennati, Building Rita Levi Montalcini, Coppito, 67100 L'Aquila, Italy.
Mauro MinelliPoliSmail, Specialistic Unit Allergic & Immunological Pathologies, Via Clemente Rebora, 1, 73100 Lecce, Italy.
University of L'Aquila · ITPegaso University · IT

Funding

Università degli Studi dell'Aquila RIA-MCM/2019Università degli Studi dell'Aquila RIA-SP/2019
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNickel (Ni) oral consumption may elicit systemic reactions in patients affected by systemic nickel allergy syndrome (SNAS), including gastrointestinal symptoms, which in turn are associated with gut dysbiosis. We evaluated the effects of a low-Ni diet alone or in combination with the oral consumption of appropriate probiotics on Ni-sensitivity and urinary dysbiosis markers in SNAS patients.

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resultsThe fermentative dysbiosis group represented the largest group followed by the mixed dysbiosis group, while only two patients had putrefactive dysbiosis. Overall, at three months of treatment in general (diet alone with or without probiotics), the Ni-sensitivity and dysbiosis levels were strongly ameliorated. The association of a low-Ni diet with a specific probiotic oral supplementation was significantly more effective in decreasing dysbiosis levels or reaching eubiosis than with diet alone.

conclusionOur results, while confirming the benefits of a low-Ni diet in SNAS patients, strongly support that appropriate adjuvant treatment with probiotics significantly helps to improve intestinal dysbiosis or restore a healthy microbiota.

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Dietary SupplementsDysbiosisGastrointestinal MicrobiomeAdministration, OralAdolescentAdultBifidobacteriumFemaleGastrointestinal DiseasesHumansHypersensitivityLactobacillusMaleMiddle AgedNickelProbioticsNickelgut dysbiosisindicanlow-nickel dietprobioticsskatoleSNASsystemic nickel allergy syndromeurinary dysbiosis markers

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PMID32283870
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