Nguyen, Quang VoChong, Li ChuinHor, Yan-YanLew, Lee-ChingRather, Irfan A.Choi, Sy-Bing2022-02-082022-02-082022-01-01http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12645/30376Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic at the beginning of 2020, causing millions of deaths worldwide. Millions of vaccine doses have been administered worldwide; however, outbreaks continue. Probiotics are known to restore a stable gut microbiota by regulating innate and adaptive immunity within the gut, demonstrating the possibility that they may be used to combat COVID-19 because of several pieces of evidence suggesting that COVID-19 has an adverse impact on gut microbiota dysbiosis. Thus, probiotics and their metabolites with known antiviral properties may be used as an adjunctive treatment to combat COVID-19. Several clinical trials have revealed the efficacy of probiotics and their metabolites in treating patients with SARS-CoV-2. However, its molecular mechanism has not been unraveled. The availability of abundant data resources and computational methods has significantly changed research finding molecular insights between probiotics and COVID-19. This review highlights computational approaches involving microbiome-based approaches and ensemble-driven docking approaches, as well as a case study proving the effects of probiotic metabolites on SARS-CoV-2.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessprobioticsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19computational approachgut-lung axismicrobiomemolecular dockingArticleWOS:0007477468000018512234060610.3390/nu1402027435057455