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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2025

Probiotics and muscle health: the impact of

Jingjun Zhu, Fei Peng, Huixin Yang, Jing Luo, Li Zhang, Xiaolong Chen, Huazhi Liao, Hao Lei, Shuai Liu, Tingqian Yang and 3 more

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Review 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 21 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

21 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

13 authors.

Jingjun Zhu *Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China.
Fei Peng *Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China.
Huixin Yang *Changde Hospital, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University (The First People's Hospital of Changde City), Changde, China.
Jing LuoDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China.
Li ZhangDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China.
Xiaolong ChenDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China.
Huazhi LiaoDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China.
Hao LeiDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China.
Shuai LiuDepartment of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
Tingqian YangDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China.
Guanghua LuoDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China.
Guodong ChenDepartment of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, China.
Heng ZhaoDepartment of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Hengyang Medical School, University of South China, Hengyang, Hunan, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sarcopenia refers to the decline in skeletal muscle mass and function. Due to its increased mortality rate and severe disability, the clinical importance of sarcopenia is becoming increasingly prominent. Although the exact cause of sarcopenia is not fully understood, the gut microbiota (GM) plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of sarcopenia, and increasing evidence suggests that gut dysbiosis may be associated with disease development. In the past few decades, the use of probiotics has surged, few studies have explored their impact on sarcopenia prevention and treatment.

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gut microbiotagut-muscle axisLactobacillusmusclesarcopenia

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PMID40160272
PMCPMC11952772

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