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Gut microbiota in treating inflammatory digestive diseases: Current challenges and therapeutic opportunities.

Yongpeng Shi, Zeran Chen, Tingyu Fang, Xingyao Chen, Youpeng Deng, Hao Qin, Min Lian, Juntao Shen, Yuru Zong, Huikuan Chu and 22 more

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Gut Microbial Topology and Metabolic Signatures Associated With Colorectal Neoplasia.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

32 authors.

Yongpeng ShiDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine University of Science and Technology of China Hefei China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4574-3222
Zeran ChenDepartment of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health Capital Medical University Beijing China.
Tingyu FangCenter for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Biomedicine of IHM, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine University of Science and Technology of China Hefei China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1399-1320
Xingyao ChenCenter for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Biomedicine of IHM, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine University of Science and Technology of China Hefei China.
Youpeng DengCenter for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Biomedicine of IHM, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine University of Science and Technology of China Hefei China.
Hao QinCAS Key Laboratory for Biomedical Effects of Nanomaterials and Nanosafety, CAS Center of Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology Beijing China.
Min LianDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ministry of Health, State Key Laboratory for Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease Shanghai China.
Juntao ShenCAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen China.
Yuru ZongDepartment of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health Capital Medical University Beijing China.
Huikuan ChuDivision of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan China.ORCID 0000-0001-5349-8429
Constanze HoebingerDepartment of Laboratory Medicine Medical University Vienna Vienna Austria.
Hao GuoState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, Xiang'an Hospital, School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences Xiamen University Xiamen China.
Zhongshang YuanDepartment of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Institute for Medical Dataology Shandong University Jinan China.
Jie ZhengDepartment of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases, Ruijin Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai China.
Yongjian ZhouDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine South China University of Technology Guangzhou China.
Yue PanGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Medical Research Center, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital Sun Yat-Sen University Guangzhou China.
Beatriz G MendesDepartment of Clinical Analysis Federal University of Santa Catarina Florianópolis Brazil.
Sonja LangDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne University of Cologne Cologne Germany.
Tim HendrikxDepartment of Laboratory Medicine Medical University Vienna Vienna Austria.
Suling ZengInstitute of Health and Medicine, Hefei Comprehensive National Science Center Hefei China.
Hailong CaoDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, General Hospital, Tianjin Medical University Tianjin Institute of Digestive Diseases, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Digestive Diseases Tianjin China.
Ling YangDivision of Gastroenterology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology Wuhan China.ORCID 0000-0002-0751-5600
Lianmin ChenDepartment of Cardiology The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing Medical University Nanjing China.ORCID 0000-0003-0660-3518
Peng ChenDepartment of Pathophysiology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Proteomics, School of Basic Medical Sciences Southern Medical University Guangzhou China.ORCID 0000-0003-0473-205X
Lei DaiCAS Key Laboratory of Quantitative Engineering Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Synthetic Biology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Shenzhen China.ORCID 0000-0002-5598-5308
Hua WangDepartment of Oncology The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University Hefei China.
Shi YinDepartment of Geriatrics, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC University of Science and Technology of China Hefei China.
Shu ZhuCenter for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Biomedicine of IHM, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine University of Science and Technology of China Hefei China.
Xiong MaDivision of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ministry of Health, State Key Laboratory for Oncogenes and Related Genes, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease Shanghai China.ORCID 0000-0002-2640-2708
Bernd SchnablDepartment of Medicine University of California San Diego La Jolla California USA.
Hanqing ChenDepartment of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health Capital Medical University Beijing China.ORCID 0000-0001-5442-2071
Yi DuanDepartment of Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine University of Science and Technology of China Hefei China.ORCID 0000-0002-6229-9461

Funding

The Southernearch Center for ALPD and CirrhosisP50AA011999 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI HIDEKAZU TSUKAMOTO · 1999 to 2026
$45.8M
San Diego Digestive Diseases Research CenterP30DK120515 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Bernd G. Schnabl · 2019 to 2026
$10.8M
NIAAA NIH HHS P50 AA011999NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK120515
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accumulating evidence indicates that the gut microbiota is intricately involved in the initiation and progression of human diseases, forming a multidirectional regulatory axis centered on intestinal microbiota. This article illustrates the challenges in exploring the role of the gut microbiota in inflammatory digestive diseases, such as metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), and summarizes the existing microbiome-focused treatment strategies (probiotics, prebiotics, symbiotics, fecal microbiota transplantation, and bacteriophages therapy), emerging technologies (gut microbiome-on-a-chip and artificial intelligence), as well as possible future research directions. Taken together, these therapeutic strategies and technologies present both opportunities and challenges, which require researchers and clinicians to test the rationality and feasibility of various therapeutic modalities in continuous practice.

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PMID40027479
PMCPMC11865350

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