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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2022

Probiotic-Based Bacteriocin: Immunity Supplementation Against Viruses. An Updated Review.

Muhammad Umair, Saqib Jabbar, Lu Zhaoxin, Zhang Jianhao, Muhammad Abid, Kashif-Ur R Khan, Sameh A Korma, Mashail A Alghamdi, Mohamed T El-Saadony, Mohamed E Abd El-Hack and 4 more

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Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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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

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

14 authors.

Muhammad UmairDepartment of Food Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Saqib JabbarFood Science Research Institute (FSRI), National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC), Islamabad, Pakistan.
Lu ZhaoxinCollege of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Zhang JianhaoCollege of Food Science and Technology, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China.
Muhammad AbidInstitute of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Pir Mehr Ali Shah Arid Agriculture University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan.
Kashif-Ur R KhanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
Sameh A KormaDepartment of Food Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Mashail A AlghamdiDepartment of Biology, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed T El-SaadonyDepartment of Agricultural Microbiology, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Mohamed E Abd El-HackDepartment of Poultry, Faculty of Agriculture, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.
Ilaria CacciottiDepartment of Engineering, INSTM RU, University of Rome "Niccolò Cusano", Rome, Italy.
Synan F AbuQamarDepartment of Biology, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Khaled A El-TarabilyDepartment of Biology, College of Science, United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Liqing ZhaoDepartment of Food Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viral infections are a major cause of severe, fatal diseases worldwide. Recently, these infections have increased due to demanding contextual circumstances, such as environmental changes, increased migration of people and product distribution, rapid demographic changes, and outbreaks of novel viruses, including the COVID-19 outbreak. Internal variables that influence viral immunity have received attention along with these external causes to avert such novel viral outbreaks. The gastrointestinal microbiome (GIM), particularly the present probiotics, plays a vital role in the host immune system by mediating host protective immunity and acting as an immune regulator. Bacteriocins possess numerous health benefits and exhibit antagonistic activity against enteric pathogens and immunobiotics, thereby inhibiting viral infections. Moreover, disrupting the homeostasis of the GIM/host immune system negatively affects viral immunity. The interactions between bacteriocins and infectious viruses, particularly in COVID-19, through improved host immunity and physiology are complex and have not yet been studied, although several studies have proven that bacteriocins influence the outcomes of viral infections. However, the complex transmission to the affected sites and siRNA defense against nuclease digestion lead to challenging clinical trials. Additionally, bacteriocins are well known for their biofunctional properties and underlying mechanisms in the treatment of bacterial and fungal infections. However, few studies have shown the role of probiotics-derived bacteriocin against viral infections. Thus, based on the results of the previous studies, this review lays out a road map for future studies on bacteriocins for treating viral infections.

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antiviral immunitybacteriocinimmune interactionimmunomodulatoryprobioticsviral infection

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PMID36033850
PMCPMC9402254

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