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ReviewNutrients2024

Nutritional and Microbiota-Based Approaches in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: From Prevention to Treatment.

Francesca Cuffaro, Ingrid Lamminpää, Elena Niccolai, Amedeo Amedei

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Review in Nutrients, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

4 authors.

Francesca CuffaroDivision of Interdisciplinary Internal Medicine, Careggi University Hospital of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Ingrid LamminpääDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Firenze, Italy.ORCID 0009-0006-1724-8821
Elena NiccolaiDivision of Interdisciplinary Internal Medicine, Careggi University Hospital of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9205-8079
Amedeo AmedeiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Firenze, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6797-9343

Funding

Ministero della Salute PNRR-MAD-2022-12375798Ministry of University and Research (MUR) PE0000006
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metabolic alterations, including hypermetabolism, lipid imbalances, and glucose dysregulation, are pivotal contributors to the onset and progression of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). These changes exacerbate systemic energy deficits, heighten oxidative stress, and fuel neuroinflammation. Simultaneously, gastrointestinal dysfunction and gut microbiota (GM) dysbiosis intensify disease pathology by driving immune dysregulation, compromising the intestinal barrier, and altering gut-brain axis (GBA) signaling, and lastly advancing neurodegeneration. Therapeutic and preventive strategies focused on nutrition offer promising opportunities to address these interconnected pathophysiological mechanisms. Diets enriched with antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids, and anti-inflammatory compounds-such as the Mediterranean diet-have shown potential in reducing oxidative stress and systemic inflammation. Additionally, microbiota-targeted approaches, including probiotics, prebiotics, postbiotics, and fecal microbiota transplantation, are emerging as innovative tools to restore microbial balance, strengthen gut integrity, and optimize GBA function. This review highlights the critical need for personalized strategies integrating immunonutrition and microbiota modulation to slow ALS progression, improve quality of life, and develop preventive measures for neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory diseases. Future research should prioritize comprehensive dietary and microbiota-based interventions to uncover their therapeutic potential and establish evidence-based guidelines for managing ALS and related disorders.

Indexed as

Amyotrophic Lateral SclerosisGastrointestinal MicrobiomeDysbiosisFatty Acids, Omega-3Fecal Microbiota TransplantationHumansOxidative StressPrebioticsProbioticsFatty Acids, Omega-3Prebioticsimmunitylipidmetabolismmicrobiomeneuroinflammationnutrition

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PMID39796536
PMCPMC11722677

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