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ReviewCurrent neuropharmacology2022

Role of Gut Microbiota in Multiple Sclerosis and Potential Therapeutic Implications.

Xu Wang, Zhen Liang, Shengnan Wang, Di Ma, Mingqin Zhu, Jiachun Feng

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In one paragraph

Review in Current neuropharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% 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

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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

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Significant changes in the fecal bacteriobiota richness and diversity in patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis compared to healthy individuals.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2026
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  12. Lycopene Supplemented Mediterranean Diet Ameliorates Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) in Mice and Changes Intestinal Microbiome.Journal of neuroimmune pharmacology : the official journal of the Society on NeuroImmune Pharmacology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xu WangDepartment of Neurology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Xinmin Street 71# Changchun, CN 130021, China.
Zhen LiangDepartment of Neurology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Xinmin Street 71# Changchun, CN 130021, China.
Shengnan WangDepartment of Neurology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Xinmin Street 71# Changchun, CN 130021, China.
Di MaDepartment of Neurology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Xinmin Street 71# Changchun, CN 130021, China.
Mingqin ZhuDepartment of Neurology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Xinmin Street 71# Changchun, CN 130021, China.
Jiachun FengDepartment of Neurology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Xinmin Street 71# Changchun, CN 130021, China.
Jilin University · CNFirst Hospital of Jilin University · CN

Funding

National Key R&D Program of China 2017YFC011304National Natural Science Foundation of China 31600820Science and Technology planning project of Jilin Province 20180520110JH
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The role of gut microbiota in health and diseases has been receiving increased attention recently. Emerging evidence from previous studies on gut-microbiota-brain axis highlighted the importance of gut microbiota in neurological disorders. Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, inflammatory, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) resulting from T-cell-driven, myelin-directed autoimmunity. The dysbiosis of gut microbiota in MS patients has been reported in published research studies, indicating that gut microbiota plays an important role in the pathogenesis of MS. Gut microbiota have also been reported to influence the initiation of disease and severity of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis, which is the animal model of MS. However, the underlying mechanisms of gut microbiota involvement in the pathogenesis of MS remain unclear. Therefore, in this review, we summerized the potential mechanisms for gut microbiota involvement in the pathogenesis of MS, including increasing the permeability of the intestinal barrier, initiating an autoimmune response, disrupting the blood-brain barrier integrity, and contributing to chronic inflammation. The possibility for gut microbiota as a target for MS therapy has also been discussed. This review provides new insight into understanding the role of gut microbiota in neurological and inflammatory diseases.

Indexed as

Encephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalGastrointestinal MicrobiomeMultiple SclerosisAnimalsAutoimmunityDysbiosisHumansantibiotic treatmentblood-brain barrierfecal microbiota transplantationGut microbiotagut-microbiota-brain axismultiple sclerosisneuro-inflammatory diseasesprobiotic microbiota

Identifiers

PMID34191698
PMCPMC9881072
OpenAlexW3175824756

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