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ArticleGut microbes2025

Microbial succinate promotes the response to metformin by upregulating secretory immunoglobulin a in intestinal immunity.

Ying Zhang, Aiting Wang, Wei Zhao, Jia'an Qin, Yu Zhang, Bing Liu, Chengcheng Yao, Jianglan Long, Mingxia Yuan, Dan Yan

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Article in Gut microbes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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

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  3. iScience · 2025
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  4. From Mechanisms to Diseases: The Succinate-GPR91 Axis in Cardiometabolic Diseases.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Ying ZhangBeijing Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Aiting WangBeijing Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Wei ZhaoBeijing Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Jia'an QinBeijing Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Yu ZhangBeijing Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Bing LiuDepartment of Endocrinology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Chengcheng YaoBeijing Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Jianglan LongBeijing Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Mingxia YuanDepartment of Endocrinology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.
Dan YanBeijing Institute of Clinical Pharmacy, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2985-3798

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metformin is the first-line pharmacotherapy for type 2 diabetes mellitus; however, many patients respond poorly to this drug in clinical practice. The potential involvement of microbiota-mediated intestinal immunity and related signals in metformin responsiveness has not been previously investigated. In this study, we successfully constructed a humanized mouse model by fecal transplantation of the gut microbiota from clinical metformin-treated - responders and non-responders, and reproduced the difference in clinical phenotypes of responsiveness to metformin. The abundance of

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeHypoglycemic AgentsImmunoglobulin A, SecretoryIntestinesMetforminSuccinic AcidAnimalsBacteroides thetaiotaomicronDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Fecal Microbiota TransplantationHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutUp-RegulationHypoglycemic AgentsImmunoglobulin A, SecretoryMetforminSuccinic Acidgut microbiotaintestinal immunityMetforminsecretory immunoglobulin Asuccinate

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PMID39812329
PMCPMC11740685

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