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Western-type diet influences mortality from necrotising pancreatitis and demonstrates a central role for butyrate.
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89 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.
- Global landscape and knowledge structure of research on pancreatitis and gut microbiota: a bibliometric analysis based on WoSCC and Scopus (2006 - 2025).Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026Pooled it
- Pancreatic microbiota composition and diversity in pancreatitis-associated infection: a systematic review with focus on infected pancreatic necrosis.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Pooled it
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- Construction and validation of machine learning models for sepsis prediction in patients with acute pancreatitis.BMC surgery · 2023Trial
- Cancer Prevention with Resistant Starch in Lynch Syndrome Patients in the CAPP2-Randomized Placebo Controlled Trial: Planned 10-Year Follow-up.Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) · 2022Trial
- Antibiotic-associatedGut microbes · 2026Article
- A Bar-Based Nomogram for Predicting Septic Shock in Patients with Acute Pancreatitis Complicated by Sepsis: Development and External Validation.Shock (Augusta, Ga.) · 2026Article
- Gut microbiota-derived riboflavin mediates protective effects of MUC2 in acute pancreatitis via CD40-macrophage pathway.Microbiome · 2026Article
- Rhein alleviates acute pancreatitis by inhibiting TMAO-mediated inflammatory signaling pathways and reducing acinar cell injury.Journal of advanced research · 2026Article
- Bifidobacterium Pseudolongum-Derived Acetate Attenuates Acute Pancreatitis Through GPR43-Mediated Suppression of M1 Macrophage Polarization.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Lactobacillus Acidophilus Protects against alcohol-associated Liver Disease in Mice Via Gut Microbiota Modulation and Alleviation of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Article
- The diagnostic value of virtual unenhanced spectral CT images in acute pancreatitis: a comparison with true unenhanced images.BMC medical imaging · 2026Article
- The similarity between microbiota of gut and pancreatic necrotic drainage fluid in infected pancreatic necrosis and its potential diagnostic value: a prospective observational cohort study.BMC microbiology · 2026Observational
- Potential influence of gut microbiota on the process of hypertriglyceridemia-aggravated acute pancreatitis.World journal of gastroenterology · 2026Review
- Integrative multi-omics profiling reveals coordinated immunometabolic reprogramming and host-microbiome interactions in acute pancreatitis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Detrimental and Beneficial Diets Regulate Acute Pancreatitis Through Convergent Gut Microbiota Pathways.Journal of inflammation research · 2026Review
- Beyond the Pancreas: The Gut Microbiota in Acute Pancreatitis - From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Perspectives.Clinical and experimental gastroenterology · 2026Review
- Longitudinal dysbiosis of gut bacteriome and mycobiome in patients with severe acute pancreatitis and its association with mortality.BMC microbiology · 2025Article
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- Implications of gut microbiota in hepatic and pancreatic diseases: Gut-liver-pancreas axis.World journal of hepatology · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe gut microbiota are the main source of infections in necrotising pancreatitis. We investigated the effect of disruption of the intestinal microbiota by a Western-type diet on mortality and bacterial dissemination in necrotising pancreatitis and its reversal by butyrate supplementation.
designC57BL/6 mice were fed either standard chow or a Western-type diet for 4 weeks and were then subjected to taurocholate-induced necrotising pancreatitis. Blood and pancreas were collected for bacteriology and immune analysis. The cecum microbiota composition of mice was analysed using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing and cecal content metabolites were analysed by targeted (ie, butyrate) and untargeted metabolomics. Prevention of necrotising pancreatitis in this model was compared between faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) from healthy mice, antibiotic decontamination against Gram-negative bacteria and oral or systemic butyrate administration. Additionally, the faecal microbiota of patients with pancreatitis and healthy subjects were analysed.
resultsMortality, systemic inflammation and bacterial dissemination were increased in mice fed Western diet and their gut microbiota were characterised by a loss of diversity, a bloom of
conclusionButyrate depletion and its repletion appear to play a central role in disease progression towards necrotising pancreatitis.
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