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ReviewJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2015

Intestinal fucose as a mediator of host-microbe symbiosis.

Joseph M Pickard, Alexander V Chervonsky

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Review in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 107 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
107citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% 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

107 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 173 citations in OpenAlex.

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47 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joseph M PickardDepartment of Pathology and Committee on Immunology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637.
Alexander V ChervonskyDepartment of Pathology and Committee on Immunology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637 achervon@bsd.uchicago.edu.
University of Chicago · US

Funding

ULTRASTRUCTURE AND CYTOMORPHOLOGY COREP30DK042086 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI CHANG, EUGENE B · 1990 to 2025
$29.8M
INTERDISCIPLINARY TRAINING PROGRAM IN IMMUNOLOGYT32AI007090 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI Peter Aidan Savage · 1985 to 2026
$11.7M
NIAID NIH HHS T32 AI007090NIDDK NIH HHS DK42086NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK042086
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fucose is an L-configuration sugar found abundantly in the mammalian gut. It has long been known to be induced there by the presence of bacteria, but only recently have some of the molecular mechanisms behind this process been uncovered. New work suggests that fucose can have a protective role in both gut-centered and systemic infection and inflammation. This review highlights recent studies showing that, in addition to acting as a food source for beneficial gut symbionts, host fucose can suppress the virulence of pathogens and pathobionts. The relevance of gut fucosylation to human diseases also is discussed.

Indexed as

Host-Pathogen InteractionsMicrobiotaSymbiosisAnimalsFucoseHumansIntestinal MucosaIntestinesFucose

Identifiers

PMID26048966
PMCPMC4536407
OpenAlexW1581010761

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