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ReviewBiomedicines2024

Probiotics as Potential Therapeutic Agents: Safeguarding Skeletal Muscle against Alcohol-Induced Damage through the Gut-Liver-Muscle Axis.

Martina Sausa, Alberto Fucarino, Letizia Paladino, Francesco Paolo Zummo, Antonio Fabbrizio, Valentina Di Felice, Francesca Rappa, Rosario Barone, Antonella Marino Gammazza, Filippo Macaluso

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Review in Biomedicines, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 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

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Martina SausaDepartment of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, eCampus University, 22060 Novedrate, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6204-9032
Alberto FucarinoDepartment of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, eCampus University, 22060 Novedrate, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8958-525X
Letizia PaladinoDepartment of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.
Francesco Paolo ZummoDepartment of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9872-8574
Antonio FabbrizioDepartment of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, eCampus University, 22060 Novedrate, Italy.
Valentina Di FeliceDepartment of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4132-1260
Francesca RappaDepartment of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6610-5268
Rosario BaroneDepartment of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6491-3640
Antonella Marino GammazzaDepartment of Biomedicine, Neurosciences and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1683-3803
Filippo MacalusoDepartment of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, eCampus University, 22060 Novedrate, Italy.
University of Palermo · ITUniversità degli Studi eCampus · ITIstituto Euro Mediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Probiotics have shown the potential to counteract the loss of muscle mass, reduce physical fatigue, and mitigate inflammatory response following intense exercise, although the mechanisms by which they work are not very clear. The objective of this review is to describe the main harmful effects of alcohol on skeletal muscle and to provide important strategies based on the use of probiotics. The excessive consumption of alcohol is a worldwide problem and has been shown to be crucial in the progression of alcoholic liver disease (ALD), for which, to date, the only therapy available is lifestyle modification, including cessation of drinking. In ALD, alcohol contributes significantly to the loss of skeletal muscle, and also to changes in the intestinal microbiota, which are the basis for a series of problems related to the onset of sarcopenia. Some of the main effects of alcohol on the skeletal muscle are described in this review, with particular emphasis on the "gut-liver-muscle axis", which seems to be the primary cause of a series of muscle dysfunctions related to the onset of ALD. The modulation of the intestinal microbiota through probiotics utilization has appeared to be crucial in mitigating the muscle damage induced by the high amounts of alcohol consumed.

Indexed as

alcoholaxis gut–muscleaxis liver–muscleintestinal microbiotaprobioticsskeletal muscle

Identifiers

PMID38397983
PMCPMC10886686
OpenAlexW4391614201

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