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ReviewAlcoholism, clinical and experimental research2015

Alcoholic liver disease: the gut microbiome and liver cross talk.

Phillipp Hartmann, Caroline T Seebauer, Bernd Schnabl

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Review in Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 158 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
158citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
13.1field-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

158 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 271 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Hepatic stellate cells in alcoholic liver cirrhosis: mechanisms of fibrogenesis, plasticity, and fibrosis reversal.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2026
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  4. The dynamic spectrum of steatotic liver disease: the global perspective.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2026
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  12. Cholestasis in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease.The American journal of pathology · 2026
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  13. Circulating urobilinogen augments inflammation and corticosteroid non-response in severe alcohol-induced hepatitis.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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98 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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Phillipp HartmannDepartment of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California.
Caroline T Seebauer
Bernd Schnabl
University of California, San Diego · USVA San Diego Healthcare System · US

Funding

Microbiome and intestinal innate immune response in alcoholic liver diseaseR01AA020703 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SCHNABL, BERND G. · 2011 to 2020
$3.6M
Microbiome as Therapeutic Target in Alcoholic HepatitisU01AA021856 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BRENNER, DAVID A., SCHNABL, BERND G. · 2013 to 2017
$2.1M
Blocking toll-like receptor 4 signaling as therapy in hepatic fibrosisK08DK081830 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI SCHNABL, BERND G. · 2009 to 2013
$707k
The Commensal Microflora Suppresses Liver FibrosisI01BX002213 · VA · VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM · PI SCHNABL, BERND G. · 2015 to 2018
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BLRD VA I01 BX002213NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA020703NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA021856NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK081830
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Alcoholic fatty liver disease can progress to steatohepatitis, alcoholic hepatitis, fibrosis, and cirrhosis. Patients with alcohol abuse show quantitative and qualitative changes in the composition of the intestinal microbiome. Furthermore, patients with ALD have increased intestinal permeability and elevated systemic levels of gut-derived microbial products. Maintaining eubiosis, stabilizing the mucosal gut barrier, or preventing cellular responses to microbial products protect from experimental ALD. Therefore, intestinal dysbiosis and pathological bacterial translocation appear fundamental for the pathogenesis of ALD. This review highlights causes for intestinal dysbiosis and pathological bacterial translocation, their relationship, and consequences for ALD. We also discuss how the liver affects the intestinal microbiota.

Indexed as

AnimalsBacterial TranslocationDysbiosisEthanolGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansIntestinesLiverLiver Diseases, AlcoholicPermeabilityEthanolAlcoholic Liver DiseaseBacterial TranslocationIntestinal Bacterial DysbiosisMetabolomeMicrobiome

Identifiers

PMID25872593
PMCPMC4402724
OpenAlexW1983347814

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