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ArticleJournal of agricultural and food chemistry2024

Exploring the Role of Inulin in Targeting the Gut Microbiota: An Innovative Strategy for Alleviating Colonic Fibrosis Induced By Irradiation.

Kaihua Ji, Manman Zhang, Liqing Du, Jinhan Wang, Yang Liu, Chang Xu, Ningning He, Qin Wang, Yeqing Gu, Huijuan Song and 2 more

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Article in Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kaihua JiTianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiobiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine of Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, Tianjin 300192, PR China.ORCID 0000-0002-0155-9506
Manman ZhangTianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiobiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine of Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, Tianjin 300192, PR China.
Liqing DuTianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiobiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine of Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, Tianjin 300192, PR China.
Jinhan WangTianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiobiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine of Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, Tianjin 300192, PR China.
Yang LiuTianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiobiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine of Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, Tianjin 300192, PR China.
Chang XuTianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiobiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine of Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, Tianjin 300192, PR China.
Ningning HeTianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiobiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine of Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, Tianjin 300192, PR China.ORCID 0000-0002-2360-6203
Qin WangTianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiobiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine of Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, Tianjin 300192, PR China.
Yeqing GuTianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiobiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine of Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, Tianjin 300192, PR China.
Huijuan SongTianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiobiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine of Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, Tianjin 300192, PR China.ORCID 0000-0003-4002-5475
Yan WangTianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiobiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine of Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, Tianjin 300192, PR China.ORCID 0000-0003-1653-4122
Qiang LiuTianjin Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Molecular Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiobiology, Institute of Radiation Medicine of Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices, Tianjin 300192, PR China.ORCID 0000-0002-7668-6868
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The use of radiation therapy to treat pelvic and abdominal cancers can lead to the development of either acute or chronic radiation enteropathy. Radiation-induced chronic colonic fibrosis is a common gastrointestinal disorder resulting from the above radiation therapy. In this study, we establish the efficacy of inulin supplements in safeguarding against colonic fibrosis caused by irradiation therapy. Studies have demonstrated that inulin supplements enhance the proliferation of bacteria responsible to produce short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and elevate the levels of SCFAs in feces. In a mouse model of chronic radiation enteropathy, the transplantation of gut microbiota and its metabolites from feces of inulin-treated mice were found to reduce colonic fibrosis in validation experiments. Administering inulin-derived metabolites from gut microbiota led to a notable decrease in the expression of genes linked to fibrosis and collagen production in mouse embryonic fibroblast cell line NIH/3T3. In the cell line, inulin-derived metabolites also suppressed the expression of genes linked to the extracellular matrix synthesis pathway. The results indicate a novel and practical approach to safeguarding against chronic radiation-induced colonic fibrosis.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeInulinAnimalsFatty Acids, VolatileFibroblastsFibrosisMiceFatty Acids, VolatileInulinchronic radiation-induced colonic fibrosisextracellular matrix synthesis pathwaygut microbiota-derived metabolitesinulinshort-chain fatty acids (SCFAs)

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PMID38457473
PMCPMC10958509
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