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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2024

The Effect of Enteric-Derived Lipopolysaccharides on Obesity.

Kai Wang, Weiwen Lai, Tianqi Min, Jintao Wei, Yan Bai, Hua Cao, Jiao Guo, Zhengquan Su

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Host-Microbiota Interactions in Obesity: Immune Metabolic Dysregulation.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kai WangGuangdong Provincial University Engineering Technology Research Center of Natural Products and Drugs, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Weiwen LaiGuangdong Provincial University Engineering Technology Research Center of Natural Products and Drugs, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Tianqi MinGuangdong Provincial University Engineering Technology Research Center of Natural Products and Drugs, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Jintao WeiGuangdong Provincial University Engineering Technology Research Center of Natural Products and Drugs, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Yan BaiSchool of Public Health, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510310, China.
Hua CaoSchool of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Zhongshan 528458, China.
Jiao GuoGuangdong Metabolic Disease Research Center of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
Zhengquan SuGuangdong Provincial University Engineering Technology Research Center of Natural Products and Drugs, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China.ORCID 0000-0001-6324-6620
Guangdong Pharmaceutical University · CN

Funding

the Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou NO.202103000089the Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of Guangdong 2020B1515020026
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endotoxin is a general term for toxic substances in Gram-negative bacteria, whose damaging effects are mainly derived from the lipopolysaccharides (LPS) in the cell walls of Gram-negative bacteria, and is a strong pyrogen. Obesity is a chronic, low-grade inflammatory condition, and LPS are thought to trigger and exacerbate it. The gut flora is the largest source of LPS in the body, and it is increasingly believed that altered intestinal microorganisms can play an essential role in the pathology of different diseases. Today, the complex axis linking gut flora to inflammatory states and adiposity has not been well elucidated. This review summarises the evidence for an interconnection between LPS, obesity, and gut flora, further expanding our understanding of LPS as a mediator of low-grade inflammatory disease and contributing to lessening the effects of obesity and related metabolic disorders. As well as providing targets associated with LPS, obesity, and gut flora, it is hoped that interventions that combine targets with gut flora address the individual differences in gut flora treatment.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeLipopolysaccharidesObesityAnimalsHumansInflammationLipopolysaccharidesendotoxinintestinal floralipopolysaccharideobesitytargeted therapy

Identifiers

PMID38673890
PMCPMC11050189
OpenAlexW4394821564

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