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ReviewJournal of biochemical and molecular toxicology2023

Influence of heavy metal exposure on gut microbiota: Recent advances.

Ravidarshdeep Kaur, Rakesh Rawal

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Review in Journal of biochemical and molecular toxicology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 34 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ravidarshdeep KaurDepartment of Biochemistry and Forensic Science, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Rakesh RawalDepartment of Biochemistry and Forensic Science, University School of Sciences, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7985-1187
Gujarat University · IN

Funding

Indian Council of Medical Research R.12014/57/2020-HR
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gut microbiota plays a functionally important part in retaining the homeostasis of host physiology, however, under exposure of various heavy metals, the composition of gut biota is disturbed in relation to species diversity and richness. Ever since the increase of microbiome-related studies during the last decade, many research studies have delivered an understanding of the reasons and concerns of gut microbiota-related modifications. During the past decade, it's been confirmed from various studies that heavy metals poisoning alters the microbial composition, which results in changes in gene expression, alteration in metabolism, immunity, neurological dysfunction, and causes various other disorders. The present comprehensive review is summarizing an attempt to enumerate the key findings from recent clinical or preclinical studies related to the influence of heavy metals on gut microbiota published recently. Google, PubMed, Science Direct, Scopus, and Google Scholar were employed as primary search engines using the keywords such as "heavy metals, gut microbiota, dysbiosis, and intestinal microbiota" for finding relevant research articles from the past 10 years and some old important articles. Here, we tried to provide insight into some of the key timelines and scientific findings from reported literature, like the effects of heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, lead, and mercury on the general body and specifically on the gut microbiota of different model organisms. So, it is important to increase awareness against heavy metal-induced toxicity and formulate guidelines for the benefit of the environment.

Indexed as

ArsenicGastrointestinal MicrobiomeMetals, HeavyCadmiumArsenicCadmiumMetals, Heavygut microbiotaheavy metalsmicrobial dysbiosismicrobiome

Identifiers

PMID37593904
PMCPMC13546941
OpenAlexW4385968965

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