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ReviewFEBS letters2014

Gut microbiome and the risk factors in central nervous system autoimmunity.

Javier Ochoa-Repáraz, Lloyd H Kasper

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Review in FEBS letters, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
39citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. The Effect of Probiotics and Microbiota on Nervous System and Mental Illnesses.Central nervous system agents in medicinal chemistry · 2025
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  13. Pathophysiology of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Javier Ochoa-RepárazDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA. Electronic address: Javier.Ochoa-Reparaz@Dartmouth.edu.
Lloyd H KasperDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755, USA.
Dartmouth College · US

Funding

Novel commensal polysaccharide treats multiple sclerosis through Treg modulationR41AI110170 · NIAID · SYMBIOTIX BIOTHERAPIES, INC. · PI KASPER, LLOYD H · 2014 to 2014
$323k
GALT mediated protection against CNS demyelination: Role of commensal bacteriaR56AI098282 · NIAID · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI KASPER, LLOYD H · 2012 to 2012
$277k
NIAID NIH HHS R41 AI110170NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI098282
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Humans are colonized after birth by microbial organisms that form a heterogeneous community, collectively termed microbiota. The genomic pool of this macro-community is named microbiome. The gut microbiota is essential for the complete development of the immune system, representing a binary network in which the microbiota interact with the host providing important immune and physiologic function and conversely the bacteria protect themselves from host immune defense. Alterations in the balance of the gut microbiome due to a combination of environmental and genetic factors can now be associated with detrimental or protective effects in experimental autoimmune diseases. These gut microbiome alterations can unbalance the gastrointestinal immune responses and influence distal effector sites leading to CNS disease including both demyelination and affective disorders. The current range of risk factors for MS includes genetic makeup and environmental elements. Of interest to this review is the consistency between this range of MS risk factors and the gut microbiome. We postulate that the gut microbiome serves as the niche where different MS risk factors merge, thereby influencing the disease process.

Indexed as

AutoimmunityMicrobiotaAnimalsCentral Nervous SystemDemyelinating Autoimmune Diseases, CNSGastrointestinal TractHumansRisk FactorsAutoimmunityCNSGutMicrobiomeRisk factor

Identifiers

PMID25286403
PMCPMC4254300
OpenAlexW1999948484

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