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ArticleGenome biology2012

We are what we eat: how the diet of infants affects their gut microbiome.

Mihai Pop

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Article in Genome biology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Impact of diet on the gut mycobiome of Hong Kong Chinese infants.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025
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  8. The Hologenome Concept of Evolution: Medical Implications.Rambam Maimonides medical journal · 2019
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  10. Gut Microbiome: What We Do and Don't Know.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2015
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Mihai PopDepartment of Computer Science and Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. mpop@umd.edu

Funding

Assembly and analysis software for exploring the human microbiomeR01HG004885 · NHGRI · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI POP, MIHAI · 2008 to 2010
$888k
NHGRI NIH HHS R01-HG-004885
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Simultaneous analysis of the gut microbiome and host gene expression in infants reveals the impact of diet (breastfeeding versus formula) on host-microbiome interactions.

Indexed as

Breast FeedingHumansInfant FormulaIntestinal MucosaMetagenomeMetagenomics

Identifiers

PMID22546514
PMCPMC3446294

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