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ReviewCureus2024

Probiotics in Allergy and Immunological Diseases: A Comprehensive Review.

Swapna Vijayan, Venkataramana Kandi, Pratyusha S Palacholla, Reshma Rajendran, Chandrasagar Jarugu, Jayashankar Ca, Mundla Pravallika, Shruthi C Reddy, Atul S Sucharitha

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Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Next-Generation Probiotics in Allergy Therapy: Scientific Evidence and Clinical Applications.Anti-inflammatory & anti-allergy agents in medicinal chemistry · 2026
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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

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Swapna VijayanPediatrics, Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata (CV) Raman General Hospital, Bangalore, IND.
Venkataramana KandiClinical Microbiology, Prathima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar, IND.
Pratyusha S PalachollaInternal Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore, IND.
Reshma RajendranPublic Health, Columbia University, New York City, USA.
Chandrasagar JaruguGeneral Practice, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore, IND.
Jayashankar CaInternal Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore, IND.
Mundla PravallikaInternal Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore, IND.
Shruthi C ReddyInternal Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore, IND.
Atul S SucharithaInternal Medicine, Vydehi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Bangalore, IND.
Institute of Medical Sciences · INBangalore Medical College and Research Institute · INCity University of New York · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Allergy and immunological disorders like autoimmune diseases are vastly prevalent worldwide. These conditions account for a substantial amount of personal and social burden. Such illnesses have lengthy, uncertain, and spotted courses with unpredictable exacerbations. A definite tendency for improving the overall quality of life of individuals suffering from such diseases is crucial to tackling these diseases, especially through diet or lifestyle modification. Further, interventions like microbiome-based therapeutics such as prebiotics or probiotics were explored. Changes in the microbial population were evident during the flare-up of autoimmune and allergic conditions. The realization that the human microbiome is a central player in immunological diseases is a hallmark of its potential usefulness in therapy for such illnesses. This review focuses on the intricate symphony in the orchestra of the human microbiome and the immune system. New therapeutic strategies involving probiotics appear to be the future of personalized medicine. Through this review, we explore the narrative of probiotics and reaffirm their use as therapeutic and preventive agents in immunological disorders.

Indexed as

allergyautoimmune diseasesimmune systemimmunological disorderspersonalized medicineprebioticsprobiotics

Identifiers

PMID38590477
PMCPMC10999892
OpenAlexW4392757872

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Registered trials

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