Review
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2025. Published by Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.
World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2025; 31(27): 109105
Published online Jul 21, 2025. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v31.i27.109105
Gut microbiome-specific nanoparticle-based therapeutics for liver diseases
Amit Khurana, Phillipp Hartmann
Amit Khurana, Phillipp Hartmann, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States
Author contributions: Khurana A wrote the manuscript; Hartmann P supervised the work and edited the manuscript. All authors have approved the submitted version.
Supported by University of California San Diego Altman Clinical and Translational Research Institute, No. KL2TR001444; 2022 Pinnacle Research Award in Liver Diseases from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Foundation, No. PNC22-159963; and National Institutes of Health, No. P30 DK120515.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Phillipp Hartmann’s institution University of California San Diego has received grant support from Nterica Bio, Inc. The authors do not have any competing interests related to this manuscript.
Open Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Phillipp Hartmann, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, United States. phhartmann@health.ucsd.edu
Received: April 29, 2025
Revised: May 29, 2025
Accepted: June 30, 2025
Published online: July 21, 2025
Processing time: 83 Days and 10.4 Hours
Core Tip

Core Tip: Chronic liver diseases are driven by metabolic, immune, and microbiome dysregulation. In this review, we detail recent advances in nanomedicine that enable tailored modulation of the gut microbiota, which can improve chronic liver diseases. Nanoparticles increase pharmacological effects and can reduce off-target effects. Further, artificial intelligence and machine learning can aid in production of precision nanomedicine.