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ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology2016

Precision medicine in alcoholic and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease via modulating the gut microbiota.

Sena Bluemel, Brandon Williams, Rob Knight, Bernd Schnabl

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Review in American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 45 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
45citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

45 citing papers in PubMed, 83 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. [Advances in inflammaging in liver disease].Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2025
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  9. Frontiers in microbiology · 2023
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  11. Role of Intestinal Microbes in Chronic Liver Diseases.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  15. The Gut Microbiota-Derived Immune Response in Chronic Liver Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  16. Ethanol: striking the cardiovascular system by harming the gut microbiota.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2021
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  20. Gut microbiome, liver immunology, and liver diseases.Cellular & molecular immunology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sena BluemelDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.
Brandon WilliamsDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California.
Rob KnightDepartments of Pediatrics and Computer Science and Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; and.
Bernd SchnablDepartment of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California; beschnabl@ucsd.edu.
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
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 AA021856
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Alcoholic liver disease (ALD) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) represent a major health burden in industrialized countries. Although alcohol abuse and nutrition play a central role in disease pathogenesis, preclinical models support a contribution of the gut microbiota to ALD and NAFLD. This review describes changes in the intestinal microbiota compositions related to ALD and NAFLD. Findings from in vitro, animal, and human studies are used to explain how intestinal pathology contributes to disease progression. This review summarizes the effects of untargeted microbiome modifications using antibiotics and probiotics on liver disease in animals and humans. While both affect humoral inflammation, regression of advanced liver disease or mortality has not been demonstrated. This review further describes products secreted by Lactobacillus- and microbiota-derived metabolites, such as fatty acids and antioxidants, that could be used for precision medicine in the treatment of liver disease. A better understanding of host-microbial interactions is allowing discovery of novel therapeutic targets in the gut microbiota, enabling new treatment options that restore the intestinal ecosystem precisely and influence liver disease. The modulation options of the gut microbiota and precision medicine employing the gut microbiota presented in this review have excellent prospects to improve treatment of liver disease.

Indexed as

Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeAnimalsFatty Liver, AlcoholicHumansNon-alcoholic Fatty Liver DiseasePrecision MedicineProbioticsalcoholic liver diseaseintestinal microbiomenonalcoholic fatty liver diseaseprecision medicineprobiotics

Identifiers

PMID27686615
PMCPMC5206291
OpenAlexW2526726708

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