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ArticleFrontiers in microbiology2025

Zhifang Zhao, Xufei Zhang, Ning Sun, Lixiao Duan, Jinge Xin, Hao Li, Xueqin Ni, Hesong Wang, Hailin Ma, Yang Bai

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Zhifang Zhao *Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Gastroenterology of Guangdong Province, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Xufei Zhang *Key Laboratory of High Altitudes Brain, Science and Environmental Acclimation, Tibet University, Lhasa, China.
Ning Sun *Animal Microecology Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.
Lixiao DuanAnimal Microecology Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.
Jinge XinBaiyun Branch, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Hao LiKey Laboratory of High Altitudes Brain, Science and Environmental Acclimation, Tibet University, Lhasa, China.
Xueqin NiAnimal Microecology Institute, College of Veterinary Medicine, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China.
Hesong WangBaiyun Branch, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Hailin MaKey Laboratory of High Altitudes Brain, Science and Environmental Acclimation, Tibet University, Lhasa, China.
Yang BaiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Gastroenterology of Guangdong Province, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: High-altitude environments have significant effects on brain function, particularly a decline in cognitive function, due to insufficient oxygen supply. The microbiome-gut-brain axis (MGBA) plays an important role in regulating cognitive function, but its specific mechanism of action in high-altitude environments is unclear. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate whether the probiotic Methods and results: Sixty C57BL/6 mice aged 8 weeks were randomly divided into four groups: control, high altitude exposure (HA), HL79-treated (P), and high altitude exposure plus HL79-treated (HAP). the HA and HAP groups were exposed to a low-pressure oxygen chamber at a simulated altitude of 3,500-4,000 m for 20 weeks, while the Control and P groups were maintained at the normal barometric pressure level. Probiotic HL79 was given daily by gavage in the P and HAP groups, while saline gavage was given daily in the other two groups. The cognitive functions of the mice were assessed by new object recognition test and elevated plus maze test. The results showed that HL79 treatment significantly improved the working memory abilities of high altitude exposed mice. In addition, HL79 treatment improved antioxidant capacity, decreased malondialdehyde (MDA) content, and increased superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities in serum and whole brain tissue. Gut microbiota analysis showed that HL79 was able to modulate the structure of gut microbiota and increase the relative abundance of beneficial flora in high altitude environment. Conclusion:

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high-altitude exposureLactobacillus johnsoniimicrobiome-gut-brain axisprobioticsworking memory

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PMCPMC11925889

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