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ReviewGut microbes

Bacterial membrane vesicles in the pathogenesis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.

Chinasa Valerie Olovo, Dickson Kofi Wiredu Ocansey, Ying Ji, Xinxiang Huang, Min Xu

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Review in Gut microbes. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

22 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 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

5 authors at 1 institution in 3 countries.

Chinasa Valerie OlovoDepartment of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.
Dickson Kofi Wiredu OcanseyKey Laboratory of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine of Jiangsu Province, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, P.R. China.
Ying JiDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.
Xinxiang HuangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.
Min XuDepartment of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, China.ORCID 0000-0002-5587-5520
Jiangsu University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic and debilitating condition of relapsing and remitting inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract. Conventional therapeutic approaches for IBD have shown limited efficacy and detrimental side effects, leading to the quest for novel and effective treatment options for the disease. Bacterial membrane vesicles (MVs) are nanosized lipid particles secreted by lysis or blebbing processes from both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. These vesicles, known to carry bioactive components, are facsimiles of the parent bacterium and have been implicated in the onset and progression, as well as in the amelioration of IBD. This review discusses the overview of MVs and their impact in the pathogenesis, diagnosis, and treatment of IBD. We further discuss the technical challenges facing this research area and possible research questions addressing these challenges. We summarize recent advances in the diverse relationship between IBD and MVs, and the application of this knowledge as a viable and potent therapeutic strategy for IBD.

Indexed as

Extracellular VesiclesInflammatory Bowel DiseasesAnimalsBacteriaGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansbacterial membrane vesiclesdiagnosisInflammatory bowel diseaseonsetprogressiontherapy

Identifiers

PMID38666762
PMCPMC11057571
OpenAlexW4395667589

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