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ReviewNutrients2022

Role of Probiotics in the Management of COVID-19: A Computational Perspective.

Quang Vo Nguyen, Li Chuin Chong, Yan-Yan Hor, Lee-Ching Lew, Irfan A Rather, Sy-Bing Choi

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05474144 (A Two-arm, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial Investigating the Efficacy of the Probiotic Dietary Supplement SmartProbio C in the Supportive Supplementation of Patients With a Complicated Course of COVID-19 Infection), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
25citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT05474144 nacompletednot on this map

A Two-arm, Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial Investigating the Efficacy of the Probiotic Dietary Supplement SmartProbio C in the Supportive Supplementation of Patients With a Complicated Course of COVID-19 Infection

TypeinterventionalSponsorMedi Pharma VisionRan2021 to 2022Enrolled83ConditionsCOVID-19ArmsSmartProbio C, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Heat-killedFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025
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  10. Resveratrol and Gut Microbiota Synergy: Preventive and Therapeutic Effects.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  19. The central role of the gut in intensive care.Critical care (London, England) · 2022
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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

6 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Quang Vo NguyenCentre for Bioinformatics, School of Data Sciences, Perdana University, Suite 9.2, 9th Floor, Wisma Chase Perdana, Changkat Semantan, Wilayah Persekutuan, Kuala Lumpur 50490, Malaysia.ORCID 0000-0002-8519-0303
Li Chuin ChongBeykoz Institute of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Bezmialem Vakif University, Beykoz, Istanbul 34820, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-3574-1365
Yan-Yan HorDepartment of Biotechnology, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-Ro, Gyeongsan 38541, Gyeongbuk, Korea.
Lee-Ching LewProbionic Corporation, Jeonbuk Institute for Food-Bioindustry, Jeonju 54810, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-7836-9914
Irfan A RatherDepartment of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80203, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-2752-0519
Sy-Bing ChoiCentre for Bioinformatics, School of Data Sciences, Perdana University, Suite 9.2, 9th Floor, Wisma Chase Perdana, Changkat Semantan, Wilayah Persekutuan, Kuala Lumpur 50490, Malaysia.
Perdana University · MYBezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi · TRJeonnam Bioindustry Foundation · KRKing Abdulaziz University · SAYeungnam University · KR

Funding

King Abdulaziz University IFPRP:57-130-1442
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic at the beginning of 2020, causing millions of deaths worldwide. Millions of vaccine doses have been administered worldwide; however, outbreaks continue. Probiotics are known to restore a stable gut microbiota by regulating innate and adaptive immunity within the gut, demonstrating the possibility that they may be used to combat COVID-19 because of several pieces of evidence suggesting that COVID-19 has an adverse impact on gut microbiota dysbiosis. Thus, probiotics and their metabolites with known antiviral properties may be used as an adjunctive treatment to combat COVID-19. Several clinical trials have revealed the efficacy of probiotics and their metabolites in treating patients with SARS-CoV-2. However, its molecular mechanism has not been unraveled. The availability of abundant data resources and computational methods has significantly changed research finding molecular insights between probiotics and COVID-19. This review highlights computational approaches involving microbiome-based approaches and ensemble-driven docking approaches, as well as a case study proving the effects of probiotic metabolites on SARS-CoV-2.

Indexed as

Computers, MolecularCOVID-19DysbiosisFemaleGastrointestinal MicrobiomeGastrointestinal TractHumansMaleMolecular Docking SimulationProbioticscomputational approachCOVID-19gut-lung axismicrobiomemolecular dockingprobioticsSARS-CoV-2

Identifiers

PMID35057455
PMCPMC8781206
OpenAlexW4206558893

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Registered trials

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