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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2022

Intestinal microbiome-rheumatoid arthritis crosstalk: The therapeutic role of probiotics.

Yeboah Kwaku Opoku, Kwame Kumi Asare, George Ghartey-Quansah, Justice Afrifa, Felicity Bentsi-Enchill, Eric Gyamerah Ofori, Charles Kwesi Koomson, Rosemary Kumi-Manu

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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 11 papers.

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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

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Nutrients · 2025
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  4. Frontiers in immunology · 2025
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  9. Gut-joint axis: Gut dysbiosis can contribute to the onset of rheumatoid arthritisFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Yeboah Kwaku OpokuDepartment of Biology Education, Faculty of Science Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.
Kwame Kumi AsareDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
George Ghartey-QuansahDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, College of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Justice AfrifaDepartment of Medical Laboratory Science, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.
Felicity Bentsi-EnchillDepartment of Biology Education, Faculty of Science Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.
Eric Gyamerah OforiDepartment of Biology Education, Faculty of Science Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.
Charles Kwesi KoomsonDepartment of Integrated Science Education, Faculty of Science Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.
Rosemary Kumi-ManuDepartment of Biology Education, Faculty of Science Education, University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common systemic autoimmune disease with a global health importance. It is characterized by long-term complications, progressive disability and high mortality tied to increased social-economic pressures. RA has an inflammatory microenvironment as one of the major underlying factors together with other complex processes. Although mechanisms underlying the triggering of RA remain partially elusive, microbiota interactions have been implicated. Again, significant alterations in the gut microbiome of RA patients compared to healthy individuals have intimated a chronic inflammatory response due to gut dysbiosis. Against this backdrop, myriads of studies have hinted at the prospective therapeutic role of probiotics as an adjuvant for the management of RA in the quest to correct this dysbiosis. In this article, the major gut microbiome alterations associated with RA are discussed. Subsequently, the role of the gut microbiome dysbiosis in the initiation and progression of RA is highlighted. Lastly, the effect and mechanism of action of probiotics in the amelioration of symptoms and severity of RA are also espoused. Although strain-specific, probiotic supplementation as adjuvant therapy for the management of RA is very promising and warrants more research.

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dysbiosisgut microbiomeinflammationprobioticsrheumatoid arthritistherapy

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PMID36329845
PMCPMC9623317

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