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ReviewAmerican journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989)2015

Microbes central to human reproduction.

Gregor Reid, Patrizia Brigidi, Jeremy P Burton, Nikhat Contractor, Sylvia Duncan, Emilie Fargier, Colin Hill, Sarah Lebeer, Rocio Martín, Andrew J McBain and 6 more

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In one paragraph

Review in American journal of reproductive immunology (New York, N.Y. : 1989), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing 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

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

16 authors.

Gregor ReidLawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada; Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Surgery, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
Patrizia Brigidi
Jeremy P Burton
Nikhat Contractor
Sylvia Duncan
Emilie Fargier
Colin Hill
Sarah Lebeer
Rocio Martín
Andrew J McBain
Gil Mor
Catherine O'Neill
Juan Miguel Rodríguez
Jonathan Swann
Saskia van Hemert
Juliett Ansell

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As studies uncover the breadth of microbes associated with human life, opportunities will emerge to manipulate and augment their functions in ways that improve health and longevity. From involvement in the complexities of reproduction and fetal/infant development, to delaying the onset of disease, and indeed countering many maladies, microbes offer hope for human well-being. Evidence is emerging to suggest that microbes may play a beneficial role in body sites traditionally viewed as being sterile. Although further evidence is required, we propose that much of medical dogma is about to change significantly through recognition and understanding of these hitherto unrecognized microbe-host interactions. A meeting of the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics held in Aberdeen, Scotland (June 2014), presented new views and challenged established concepts on the role of microbes in reproduction and health of the mother and infant. This article summarizes some of the main aspects of these discussions.

Indexed as

ReproductionFemaleHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansInfantMicrobiotaMothersPrebioticsProbioticsScotlandPrebioticsLactobacillimastitismicrobiotareproduction

Identifiers

PMID25250861
PMCPMC4282787

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