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ArticleCellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology2015

The gut microbiota and liver disease.

Cristina Llorente, Bernd Schnabl

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Article in Cellular and molecular gastroenterology and hepatology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 98 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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98citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

98 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 184 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Probiotics for people with hepatic encephalopathy.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017
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  18. Biomolecular Actions by Intestinal Endotoxemia in Metabolic Syndrome.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024
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  19. The Impact of ProbioticLife (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  20. Metabolites · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cristina LlorenteDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, and Department of Medicine, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA.
Bernd SchnablDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, and Department of Medicine, VA San Diego Healthcare System, San Diego, CA.
VA 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
Goblet cells and intestinal immune response in alcohol-associated liver diseaseR01AA029106 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Ana Cristina Llorente Izquierdo · 2022 to 2026
$2.3M
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 role of intestinal gp130 in alcohol-associated liver diseaseR21AA030654 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI LLORENTE IZQUIERDO, ANA CRISTINA · 2023 to 2023
$415k
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 R01 AA029106NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA030654NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA021856NIDDK NIH HHS K08 DK081830
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The leaky gut hypothesis links translocating microbial products with the onset and progression of liver disease, and for a long time was considered one of its major contributors. However, a more detailed picture of the intestinal microbiota contributing to liver disease started to evolve. The gut is colonized by trillions of microbes that aid in digestion, modulate immune response, and generate a variety of products that result from microbial metabolic activities. These products together with host-bacteria interactions influence both normal physiology and disease susceptibility. A disruption of the symbiosis between microbiota and host is known as dysbiosis and can have profound effects on health. Qualitative changes such as increased proportions of harmful bacteria and reduced levels of beneficial bacteria, and also quantitative changes in the total amount of bacteria (overgrowth) have been associated with liver disease. Understanding the link between the pathophysiology of liver diseases and compositional and functional changes of the microbiota will help in the design of innovative therapies. In this review, we focus on factors resulting in dysbiosis, and discuss how dysbiosis can disrupt intestinal homeostasis and contribute to liver disease.

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PMID26090511
PMCPMC4467911
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