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ReviewGastroenterology2014

The intestinal metabolome: an intersection between microbiota and host.

Luke K Ursell, Henry J Haiser, Will Van Treuren, Neha Garg, Lavanya Reddivari, Jairam Vanamala, Pieter C Dorrestein, Peter J Turnbaugh, Rob Knight

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In one paragraph

Review in Gastroenterology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 181 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
181citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
10.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

181 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 343 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Luke K UrsellDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado.
Henry J HaiserFaculty of Arts and Sciences Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Will Van TreurenDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado.
Neha GargDepartments of Pharmacology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.
Lavanya ReddivariDepartment of Plant Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Jairam VanamalaDepartment of Food Science, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
Pieter C DorresteinDepartments of Pharmacology, Chemistry, and Biochemistry, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.
Peter J TurnbaughFaculty of Arts and Sciences Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Rob KnightDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado; BioFrontiers Institute, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boulder, Colorado. Electronic address: rob.knight@colorado.edu.
Harvard University · USPennsylvania State University · USUniversity of California, San Diego · USUniversity of Colorado Boulder · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · US

Funding

TRAINING IN SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION &CELL CYCLE REGULATIONT32GM008759 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER · PI AHN, NATALIE G. · 2000 to 2020
$5.9M
Predoctoral Training Program in Signaling and Cellular Regulation INCLUDE Down Syndrome SupplementT32GM142607 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO · PI Sabrina Leigh Spencer, Tin Tin Su · 2021 to 2026
$3.6M
CIHR MFE-112991Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008759NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM08759NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM142607
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advances that allow us to collect more data on DNA sequences and metabolites have increased our understanding of connections between the intestinal microbiota and metabolites at a whole-systems level. We can also now better study the effects of specific microbes on specific metabolites. Here, we review how the microbiota determines levels of specific metabolites, how the metabolite profile develops in infants, and prospects for assessing a person's physiological state based on their microbes and/or metabolites. Although data acquisition technologies have improved, the computational challenges in integrating data from multiple levels remain formidable; developments in this area will significantly improve our ability to interpret current and future data sets.

Indexed as

MetabolomeMetabolomicsMicrobiotaAge FactorsAgingAnimalsBacteriaHumansInfantInfant, NewbornIntestinal MucosaIntestinesSystems BiologyBacteriaData AnalysisMetabolomicsSystems Biology

Identifiers

PMID24631493
PMCPMC4102302
OpenAlexW2101606890

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