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ReviewGut microbes2025

Interactions between the gut microbiota and immune cell dynamics: novel insights into the gut-bone axis.

Yanghao You, Tingwen Xiang, Chuan Yang, Shiyu Xiao, Yong Tang, Gang Luo, Zhiguo Ling, Fei Luo, Yueqi Chen

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Review in Gut microbes, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 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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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 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

9 authors.

Yanghao YouDepartment of Orthopedics, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Tingwen XiangDepartment of Orthopedics, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Chuan YangDepartment of Orthopedics, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Shiyu XiaoDepartment of Orthopedics, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Yong TangDepartment of Orthopedics, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Gang LuoDepartment of Orthopedics, Xinqiao Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Zhiguo LingInstitute of Immunology, PLA, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Fei LuoDepartment of Orthopedics, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Yueqi ChenDepartment of Orthopedics, Southwest Hospital, Third Military Medical University (Army Medical University), Chongqing, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-6975-2874

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past few decades, accumulating evidence has demonstrated that gut microbiota engages in a sustained dialog with the immune system, leading to microbiota-driven immune responses that mediate the regulation of bone-related diseases. Despite the complexity of the dynamic interactions within the gut-immune-bone axis, advancements in high-throughput multi-omics sequencing have significantly facilitated the detailed exploration of this intricate network, thereby providing the potential to develop novel therapeutic strategies for bone-related diseases. In this review, we first summarize the variations in gut microbiota composition observed in patients with bone-related diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), osteoarthritis (OA), and osteoporosis (OP), in comparison to healthy controls, along with the factors influencing these changes. The review that follows synthesize evidences highlighting the profound effects of gut microbial dysbiosis on immune homeostasis and bone microenvironment, respectively. We further elaborate that the gut-immune axis and gut-bone axis are not independent but three-dimensional networks, emphasizing gut microbial dysbiosis as a pivotal driver of immune dysregulation and subsequent bone homeostasis imbalance. Therapeutic strategies to manipulate the gut-immune-bone axis based on the use of probiotics as well as prebiotics, fecal microbiota transplantation, dietary modifications, and pharmacological interventions are also discussed. Finally, we discuss the challenges of current research on the gut-immune-bone axis and propose future directions for identifying novel therapeutic targets based on this axis to treat these diseases.

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Bone and BonesBone DiseasesGastrointestinal MicrobiomeAnimalsArthritis, RheumatoidDysbiosisGastrointestinal TractHumansImmune SystemOsteoarthritisOsteoporosisPrebioticsProbioticsPrebioticsbone homeostasisbone-related diseasesgut-immune-bone axisGut microbiota

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PMCPMC12396131

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