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ReviewBiomedicines2024

Updated Insights into Probiotics and Hepatobiliary Diseases.

Xiaoyu Xu, Cheng Zhang, Guoyi Tang, Ning Wang, Yibin Feng

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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 9 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

9 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaoyu XuSchool of Chinese Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.
Cheng ZhangSchool of Chinese Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.
Guoyi TangSchool of Chinese Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.
Ning WangSchool of Chinese Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.
Yibin FengSchool of Chinese Medicine, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong 999077, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0241-670X
University of Hong Kong · HK

Funding

Contract Research 260007830, 260007482Gala Family Trust 200007008Health and Medical Research Fund 15162961, 16172751, 18192141
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatobiliary diseases have a high prevalence worldwide, with a wide range of diseases involved in the liver and biliary system. Modifications in gut microbiota have been proven to have an association with unbalanced intestinal homeostasis and the dysfunction of host metabolism and the immune system, which can be the risk factors for many hepatobiliary diseases, such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), alcoholic liver disease (ALD), nonalcoholic fatty steatohepatitis (NASH), hepatitis, cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholestasis, as well as infection due to liver transplantation. Probiotics are commonly used gut microbiota-targeted strategies to treat dysbiosis and intestinal dysfunction, as well as the gut-liver axis, which can enhance the effectiveness of probiotics in the management of liver diseases. Recent studies have explored more potential single or mixed strains of probiotics, and bioinformatics methods can be used to investigate the potential mechanisms of probiotics on liver diseases. In this review, we summarize the preclinical and clinical studies on the role of probiotics in hepatobiliary diseases from 2018 to 2023, revealing the possible mechanism of probiotics in the treatment of hepatobiliary diseases and discussing the limitations of probiotics in treating hepatobiliary diseases. This review provides updated evidence for the development of probiotic products, exploration of new probiotic strains, and support for clinical studies. Further studies should focus on the safety, viability, and stability of probiotics, as well as medication dosage and duration in clinical practice.

Indexed as

gut–liver axisgut microbiotahepatobiliary diseasesprobiotics

Identifiers

PMID38540128
PMCPMC10968574
OpenAlexW4392156235

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