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ReviewJournal of clinical gastroenterology

From Birth to "Immunohealth," Allergies and Enterocolitis.

Pearl D Houghteling, W Allan Walker

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Review in Journal of clinical gastroenterology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
9citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Reconceptualizing chorioamnionitis as an immune-mediated inflammatory disorder at the maternal-fetal interface.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2026
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  5. The Preterm Gut Microbiota: An Inconspicuous Challenge in Nutritional Neonatal Care.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2019
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  8. Necrotizing enterocolitis: new insights into pathogenesis and mechanisms.Nature reviews. Gastroenterology & hepatology · 2016
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  9. [Effect of probiotics in prevention and treatment of allergic diseases in children].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2016
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Pearl D Houghteling*Mucosal Immunology and Biology Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital for Children, Charlestown †University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA.
W Allan Walker
Massachusetts General Hospital · USUniversity of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

ROLE OF DIETARY CONSTITUENTS ON GENE EXPRESSION IN INTESTINAL EPITHELIUMP30DK040561 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI Alessio Fasano · 1994 to 2026
$31.6M
Xenograft and Isograft CoreP01DK033506 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI MCCORMICK, BETH A · 1986 to 2015
$24.2M
RESEARCH TRAINING IN DIGESTIVE DISEASES AND NUTRITIONT32DK007191 · NIDDK · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI RAYMOND T CHUNG · 1986 to 2026
$14.6M
Maturation of intestinal innate immunity and NECR01HD059126 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI WALKER, W ALLAN · 2009 to 2013
$2.2M
EFFECT OF COLOSTRUM ON GUT MATURATION AND HOST DEFENSER01HD012437 · NICHD · MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL · PI WALKER, W ALLAN · 1989 to 2013
$2.0M
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD012437NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD059126NIDDK NIH HHS 3T32DK007191-39S1NIDDK NIH HHS P01 DK033506NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK040561NIDDK NIH HHS T32 DK007191
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microbial signals stimulate development and maintenance of the neonatal immune system. The process begins in utero, with limited exposure to microbes in the intrauterine environment, as well as maternal immune signals priming the developing immune system. After birth and initial colonization, the immune system must be able to activate against pathogens, but also achieve oral tolerance of food and resident gut microbes. Through microbial signals and appropriate nutrition, the immune system is able to achieve homeostasis. Major challenges to successful colonization and immune system regulation include abnormal microbial inoculi (cesarean section, hygiene) and antibiotics. When normal colonization is interrupted, dysbiosis occurs. This imbalance of microbes and subsequently of the immune system can result in allergic diseases, asthma, or necrotizing enterocolitis. Probiotics and probiotic-derived therapies represent an exciting avenue to replete the population of commensal microbes and to prevent the immune-mediated sequelae of dysbiosis.

Indexed as

AsthmaDysbiosisEnterocolitis, NecrotizingFemaleFetal DevelopmentGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansHypersensitivityImmune SystemImmunity, InnateInfant, NewbornPregnancyProbiotics

Identifiers

PMID26447970
PMCPMC4602161
OpenAlexW2402537091

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