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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2023

The Role of Short-Chain Fatty Acids in Acute Pancreatitis.

Xiaxiao Yan, Jianing Li, Dong Wu

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaxiao YanDepartment of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5153-0528
Jianing LiDepartment of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.
Dong WuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100730, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9430-9874
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

Funding

Beijing Natural Science Foundation 7232123National High Level Hospital Clinical Research Funding 2022-PUMCH-B-023National Key Clinical Specialty Construction Project ZK108000National Natural Science Foundation of China 32170788
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acute pancreatitis (AP) is a digestive emergency and can develop into a systematic illness. The role of the gut in the progression and deterioration of AP has drawn much attention from researchers, and areas of interest include dysbiosis of the intestinal flora, weakened intestinal barrier function, and bacterial and endotoxin translocation. Short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), as one of the metabolites of gut microbiota, have been proven to be depleted in AP patients. SCFAs help restore gut homeostasis by rebuilding gut flora, stabilizing the intestinal epithelial barrier, and regulating inflammation. SCFAs can also suppress systematic inflammatory responses, improve the injured pancreas, and prevent and protect other organ dysfunctions. Based on multiple beneficial effects, increasing SCFAs is an essential idea of gut protective treatment in AP. Specific strategies include the direct use of butyrate or indirect supplementation through fiber, pre/pro/synbiotics, or fecal microbiota transplantation as a promising adjective therapy to enteral nutrition.

Indexed as

PancreatitisAcute DiseaseButyratesFatty Acids, VolatileHumansInflammationButyratesFatty Acids, Volatileacute pancreatitisgut microbiotashort-chain fatty acids

Identifiers

PMID37446647
PMCPMC10343743
OpenAlexW4382136187

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