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ReviewProbiotics and antimicrobial proteins2024

A Critical Review on Akkermansia muciniphila: Functional Mechanisms, Technological Challenges, and Safety Issues.

Amin Abbasi, Sara Bazzaz, Adriano G Da Cruz, Nasim Khorshidian, Yalda Rahbar Saadat, Sahar Sabahi, Mahdi Asghari Ozma, Masoud Lahouty, Ramin Aslani, Amir M Mortazavian

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Review in Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Amin AbbasiStudent Research Committee, Department of Food Science and Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Science and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-5957-0540
Sara BazzazDepartment of Food Science and Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Science and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-1556-7504
Adriano G Da CruzDepartment of Food Processing, Federal Institute of Science and Technology Education of Rio de Janeiro (IFRJ) - Campus Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-9285-9669
Nasim KhorshidianDepartment of Food Science and Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Science and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-7898-130X
Yalda Rahbar SaadatKidney Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3295-404X
Sahar SabahiDepartment of Nutrition, School of Allied Medical Sciences, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-6064-1924
Mahdi Asghari OzmaDepartment of Medical Bacteriology and Virology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-4918-8820
Masoud LahoutyDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-2302-2192
Ramin AslaniFood Safety and Hygiene Division, Department of Environmental Health Engineering, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3809-8010
Amir M MortazavianDepartment of Food Science and Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Science and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. mortazvn@sbmu.ac.ir.ORCID 0000-0001-6729-8209
National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute · IRTabriz University of Medical Sciences · IRAhvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences · IRInstituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro · BRTehran University of Medical Sciences · IRUrmia University · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Due to its physiological benefits from in vitro and in vivo points of view, Akkermansia muciniphila, a common colonizer in the human gut mucous layer, has consistently been identified as an option for the next-generation probiotic. A. muciniphila is a significant bacterium that promotes host physiology. However, it also has a great deal of potential to become a probiotic due to its physiological advantages in a variety of therapeutic circumstances. Therefore, it can be established that the abundance of A. muciniphila in the gut environment, which is controlled by many genetic and dietary variables, is related to the biological behaviors of the intestinal microbiota and gut dysbiosis/eubiosis circumstances. Before A. muciniphila is widely utilized as a next-generation probiotic, regulatory obstacles, the necessity for significant clinical trials, and the sustainability of manufacturing must be eliminated. In this review, the outcomes of recent experimental and clinical reports are comprehensively reviewed, and common colonization patterns, main factors involved in the colonization of A. muciniphila in the gut milieu, their functional mechanisms in establishing homeostasis in the metabolic and energy pathways, the promising delivery role of microencapsulation, potential genetic engineering strategies, and eventually safety issues of A. muciniphila have been discussed.

Indexed as

AkkermansiaGastrointestinal MicrobiomeProbioticsAnimalsDysbiosisHumansVerrucomicrobiaAkkermansia muciniphilaFood safetyGenetic engineeringHealth benefitNext-generation probiotic

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PMID37432597
OpenAlexW4383872333

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