The Anti-Inflammatory, Immunomodulatory, and Pro-Autophagy Activities of Probiotics for Colorectal Cancer Prevention and Treatment: A Narrative Review.
- 2025-06-25
- Review
- Biomedicines 13(7)
- Beatrice Garavaglia
- Letizia Vallino
- Alessandra Ferraresi
- Annalisa Visciglia
- Angela Amoruso
- Marco Pane
- Camelia Munteanu
- Ciro Isidoro
- PubMed: 40722631
- DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines13071554
- Low evidence
Probiotics and probiotic metabolites (particularly short-chain fatty acids) have emerged as potential preventive and adjuvant therapeutics by restoring a balanced gut microbiota, dampening inflammation, stimulating immune response, and improving barrier integrity and intestinal epithelial homeostasis by modulating autophagy.
- Effect
- Beneficial
- Effect size
- Small