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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

Probiotics and Probiotic-Derived Functional Factors-Mechanistic Insights Into Applications for Intestinal Homeostasis.

Fang Yan, D Brent Polk

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
82citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
6.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

82 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 156 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The impact ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  3. ProbioticNutrients · 2022
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  15. Microbiome TherapeuticJournal of microbiology and biotechnology · 2025
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22 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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 1 country.

Fang YanDivision of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, United States.
D Brent PolkDepartment of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
University of Southern California · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

Translational Analysis CoreP30DK058404 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI RICHARD M. PEEK · 2002 to 2026
$29.9M
CYTOKINE REGULATION OF INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL RESTITUTIONR01DK056008 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI POLK, D BRENT · 1999 to 2020
$6.8M
Regulation of intestinal development by a Lactobacillus GG-derived proteinR01DK081134 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER · PI YAN, FANG · 2009 to 2023
$4.7M
REGULATION OF INTESTINAL EPITHELIAL CELL MIGRATIONR01DK054993 · NIDDK · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI POLK, D. BRENT · 2001 to 2005
$1.1M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK058404NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK054993NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK056008NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK081134
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in our understanding of the contribution of the gut microbiota to human health and the correlation of dysbiosis with diseases, including chronic intestinal conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), have driven mechanistic investigations of probiotics in intestinal homeostasis and potential clinical applications. Probiotics have been shown to promote intestinal health by maintaining and restoring epithelial function, ensuring mucosal immune homeostasis, and inhibiting pathogenic bacteria. Recent findings reveal an approach for defining previously unrecognized probiotic-derived soluble factors as potential mechanisms of probiotic action. This review focuses on the impact of probiotics and probiotic-derived functional factors, including probiotic products and metabolites by probiotics, on the cellular responses and signaling pathways involved in maintaining intestinal homeostasis. Although there is limited information regarding the translation of probiotic treatment outcomes from

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeHomeostasisIntestinesAnimalsDysbiosisHumansProbioticsgut microbiotaimmune responseinflammatory bowel diseaseintestinal epitheliumintestinal homeostasisprobiotic-derived factorprobiotics

Identifiers

PMID32719681
PMCPMC7348054
OpenAlexW3035275243

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