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ReviewNutrients2025

The "Jekyll Side" of the S100B Protein: Its Trophic Action in the Diet.

Fabrizio Michetti, Vincenzo Romano Spica

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Review in Nutrients, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Fabrizio MichettiDepartment of Movement, Human, and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", 00135 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2546-0532
Vincenzo Romano SpicaDepartment of Movement, Human, and Health Sciences, University of Rome "Foro Italico", 00135 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2900-6399

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The calcium-binding S100B protein is concentrated in glial cells (including enteroglial cells) in the nervous system. Its conformation and amino acid composition are significantly conserved in different species; this characteristic suggests conserved biological role(s) for the protein. The biological activity is concentration-dependent: low physiological concentrations exert a neurotrophic effect, while high concentrations exert a proinflammatory/toxic role. The proinflammatory/toxic role of S100B currently attracts the scientific community's primary attention, while the protein's physiological action remains unraveled-yet remarkably interesting. This is now a topical issue due to the recently consolidated notion that S100B is a natural trophic nutrient available in breast milk and/or other aliments, possibly interacting with other body districts through its impact on microbiota. These recent data may offer novel clues to understanding the role of this challenging protein.

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DietS100 Calcium Binding Protein beta SubunitAnimalsGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansMilk, HumanS100B protein, humanS100 Calcium Binding Protein beta Subunitbreast milkglial cellsmicrobiota interactionneurotrophic factorproinflammatory roleS100B proteintrophic nutrient

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PMID40077749
PMCPMC11901436

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