Intestinal Source Control of Lipid Metabolism by Enzyme‐Probiotic Encapsulated, Spatiotemporal Crosslinked, and Small Intestine‐Adhesive Hydrogel Microspheres

Xiaolin Wu, Weiwen Liang, Siqi He, Guangyuan Chen, Hui Zhou, Xinglong Wang, Yifei Li, Dingcai Wu, Bingna Zheng, Ruoxu Dou, Rongkang Huang · 2026

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Xiaolin Wu and co-authors build gel microspheres that deliver probiotics to the small intestine in this 2026 study. Probiotic therapy could curb fat absorption and help control blood lipids, but stomach acid kills the bacteria and few settle where they are needed. Timing and placement are the core problems.

Their spheres wrap a probiotic-enzyme pair in an algae-based gel. The gel holds firm in stomach acid, shielding the cargo, then sticks to the small intestine wall through a sulfur bond. As the gel loosens, the pair is released to convert cholesterol and tune fat uptake. In animals on a high-fat diet, the system clearly eased high blood cholesterol, the authors report.

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CREATORXiaolin Wu, Weiwen Liang, Siqi He, Guangyuan Chen, Hui Zhou, Xinglong Wang, Yifei Li, Dingcai Wu, Bingna Zheng, Ruoxu Dou, Rongkang Huang
YEAR2026
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE38 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13335443

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