ReviewWorld journal of gastrointestinal surgery2021
How can probiotic improve irritable bowel syndrome symptoms?
Review in World journal of gastrointestinal surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Genesis, Health Benefits, and Future Perspectives of Probiotics: Exploring Endogenous and Exogenous Classes, Innovations, and Research Gaps.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Review
- Initiating multi-strain probiotics is associated with clinically meaningful symptom relief, better quality of life, and fewer treatment escalations in IBS-D/IBS-M: a Chinese real-world propensity-matched cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Efficacy and Safety of Probiotics in Children with Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Gut microbial dysbiosis associated to diarrheic irritable bowel syndrome can be efficiently simulated in the Mucosal ARtificial COLon (M-ARCOL).Bioengineered · 2025Article
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- Computational prediction of new therapeutic effects of probiotics.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Unraveling the Puzzle: Health Benefits of Probiotics-A Comprehensive Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Probiotics: truths and illusions.Iranian journal of microbiology · 2024Article
- Efficacy of Quadruple-coated Probiotics in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Study.Journal of neurogastroenterology and motility · 2024Article
- The preventative effects ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2024Article
- A systematic review on selection characterization and implementation of probiotics in human health.Food science and biotechnology · 2023Review
- Microbiota and Pain: Save Your Gut Feeling.Cells · 2022Review
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Abstract
The onset and manifestations of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is associated with several factors, and the pathophysiology involves various central and peripheral mechanisms. Most studies indicate that the management of gut microbiota could significantly affect the improvement of subjective disorders in patients with IBS. Numerous clinical trials have assessed the efficacy of probiotics for IBS with controversial conclusions. Several clinical trials have suggested that probiotics can improve global IBS symptoms, while others only improve individual IBS symptoms, such as bloating scores and abdominal pain scores. Only a few clinical trials have found no apparent effect of probiotics on IBS symptoms. Generally, probiotics appear to be safe for patients with IBS. However, the question of which probiotics should be used for certain IBS subtypes remains unresolved. In everyday practice, the dose of the recommended probiotic remains questionable, as well as how long the probiotic should be used in therapy. The use of probiotics in the M subtype and non-classified IBS is particularly problematic, in which combination therapy should be recommended due to the change in symptoms. Therefore, new approaches are needed in the design of clinical studies that should address certain subtypes of IBS.
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