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ReviewNutrients2025

The Obesity-Epigenetics-Microbiome Axis: Strategies for Therapeutic Intervention.

Shabnam Nohesara, Hamid Mostafavi Abdolmaleky, Ahmad Pirani, Giuseppe Pettinato, Sam Thiagalingam

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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 12 papers.

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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.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Shabnam NohesaraDepartment of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4944-7033
Hamid Mostafavi AbdolmalekyDepartment of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8872-5174
Ahmad PiraniMental Health Research Center, Psychosocial Health Research Institute, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 14535, Iran.
Giuseppe PettinatoDepartment of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boson, MA 02215, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6785-6370
Sam ThiagalingamDepartment of Medicine (Biomedical Genetics), Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02118, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5211-266X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity (OB) has become a serious health issue owing to its ever-increasing prevalence over the past few decades due to its contribution to severe metabolic and inflammatory disorders such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and cancer. The unbalanced energy metabolism in OB is associated with substantial epigenetic changes mediated by the gut microbiome (GM) structure and composition alterations. Remarkably, experimental evidence also indicates that OB-induced epigenetic modifications in adipocytes can lead to cellular "memory" alterations, predisposing individuals to weight regain after caloric restriction and subsequently inducing inflammatory pathways in the liver. Various environmental factors, especially diet, play key roles in the progression or prevention of OB and OB-related disorders by modulating the GM structure and composition and affecting epigenetic mechanisms. Here, we will first focus on the key role of epigenetic aberrations in the development of OB. Then, we discuss the association between abnormal alterations in the composition of the microbiome and OB and the interplays between the microbiome and the epigenome in the development of OB. Finally, we review promising strategies, including prebiotics, probiotics, a methyl-rich diet, polyphenols, and herbal foods for the prevention and/or treatment of OB via modulating the GM and their metabolites influencing the epigenome.

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Epigenesis, GeneticGastrointestinal MicrobiomeObesityAnimalsDietHumansPrebioticsProbioticsPrebioticsepigeneticsgut microbiomeobesity

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PMID40362873
PMCPMC12073275

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