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ReviewImmunology letters2014

Cooperativity among secretory IgA, the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor, and the gut microbiota promotes host-microbial mutualism.

Charlotte S Kaetzel

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In one paragraph

Review in Immunology letters, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 96 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
96citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
9.8field-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

96 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 155 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Macronutrients as Regulators of Intestinal Epithelial Permeability: Where Do We Stand?Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2025
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  11. Effects of gut microbiota in breast cancer.Frontiers in oncology · 2025
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  13. Effects of Mink-OriginAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024
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  14. Tethering of soluble immune effectors to mucin and chitin reflects a convergent and dynamic role in gut immunity.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024
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  18. Effects of dietary supplementation ofFrontiers in veterinary science · 2024
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36 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Charlotte S KaetzelDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, 203 Combs Cancer Research Building, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, United States. Electronic address: cskaet@uky.edu.
University of Kentucky · US

Funding

Novel in vivo models for cell-type specific MyD88 signaling in the intestineR21AI069027 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI KAETZEL, CHARLOTTE S · 2007 to 2009
$524k
NIAID NIH HHS AI069027NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI069027
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Secretory IgA (SIgA) antibodies in the intestinal tract form the first line of antigen-specific immune defense, preventing access of pathogens as well as commensal microbes to the body proper. SIgA is transported into external secretions by the polymeric immunoglobulin receptor (pIgR). Evidence is reported here that the gut microbiota regulates production of SIgA and pIgR, which act together to regulate the composition and activity of the microbiota. SIgA in the intestinal mucus layer helps to maintain spatial segregation between the microbiota and the epithelial surface without compromising the metabolic activity of the microbes. Products shed by members of the microbial community promote production of SIgA and pIgR by activating pattern recognition receptors on host epithelial and immune cells. Maternal SIgA in breast milk provides protection to newborn mammals until the developing intestinal immune system begins to produce its own SIgA. Disruption of the SIgA-pIgR-microbial triad can increase the risk of infectious, allergic and inflammatory diseases of the intestine.

Indexed as

AnimalsHumansIntestinal MucosaMicrobiotaReceptors, FcReceptors, Pattern RecognitionReceptors, Polymeric ImmunoglobulinSymbiosisIgA, secretory receptorReceptors, FcReceptors, Pattern RecognitionReceptors, Polymeric ImmunoglobulinBreast milkGut microbiotaMucusPattern recognition receptorsPolymeric immunoglobulin receptorSecretory IgA

Identifiers

PMID24877874
PMCPMC4246051
OpenAlexW1998761054

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