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ReviewCells2023

Gut-Microbiota-Derived Metabolites Maintain Gut and Systemic Immune Homeostasis.

Juanjuan Wang, Ningning Zhu, Xiaomin Su, Yunhuan Gao, Rongcun Yang

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Review in Cells, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 353 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
353citing papers in PubMed
69.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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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

353 citing papers in PubMed, 454 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Juanjuan WangDepartment of Immunology, Nankai University School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Ningning ZhuDepartment of Immunology, Nankai University School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Xiaomin SuDepartment of Immunology, Nankai University School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Yunhuan GaoDepartment of Immunology, Nankai University School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Rongcun YangDepartment of Immunology, Nankai University School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5826-4493
Nankai University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The gut microbiota, including bacteria, archaea, fungi, viruses and phages, inhabits the gastrointestinal tract. This commensal microbiota can contribute to the regulation of host immune response and homeostasis. Alterations of the gut microbiota have been found in many immune-related diseases. The metabolites generated by specific microorganisms in the gut microbiota, such as short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), tryptophan (Trp) and bile acid (BA) metabolites, not only affect genetic and epigenetic regulation but also impact metabolism in the immune cells, including immunosuppressive and inflammatory cells. The immunosuppressive cells (such as tolerogenic macrophages (tMacs), tolerogenic dendritic cells (tDCs), myeloid-derived suppressive cells (MDSCs), regulatory T cells (Tregs), regulatory B cells (Breg) and innate lymphocytes (ILCs)) and inflammatory cells (such as inflammatory Macs (iMacs), DCs, CD4 T helper (Th)1, CD4Th2, Th17, natural killer (NK) T cells, NK cells and neutrophils) can express different receptors for SCFAs, Trp and BA metabolites from different microorganisms. Activation of these receptors not only promotes the differentiation and function of immunosuppressive cells but also inhibits inflammatory cells, causing the reprogramming of the local and systemic immune system to maintain the homeostasis of the individuals. We here will summarize the recent advances in understanding the metabolism of SCFAs, Trp and BA in the gut microbiota and the effects of SCFAs, Trp and BA metabolites on gut and systemic immune homeostasis, especially on the differentiation and functions of the immune cells.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeMicrobiotaEpigenesis, GeneticFatty Acids, VolatileGastrointestinal TractHomeostasisHumansFatty Acids, Volatilebile acid metabolitesgut microbiotaregulatory T cellsSCFAstolerogenic macrophagestryptophan metabolites

Identifiers

PMID36899929
PMCPMC10000530
OpenAlexW4323046352

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