ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2017
Emerging pathogenic links between microbiota and the gut-lung axis.
Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04876833 (Characteristics of Intestinal Microbiome in the Progression of Early Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease), which is not on this map. Cited by 964 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Characteristics of Intestinal Microbiome in the Progression of Early Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Who cites it
964 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 1,509 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Rethinking probiotics: breaking theGut microbes · 2026Review
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- Integrative profiling of oral fungal communities acrossAnnals of medicine · 2026Article
- Effects of xanomeline-trospium on the gut-lung microbiota axis and susceptibility to LPS-induced acute lung injury in male and female mice.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- Axial Connectivity of the Lung Microbiome: A Review of Interorgan Crosstalk.Comprehensive physiology · 2026Review
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The microbiota is vital for the development of the immune system and homeostasis. Changes in microbial composition and function, termed dysbiosis, in the respiratory tract and the gut have recently been linked to alterations in immune responses and to disease development in the lungs. In this Opinion article, we review the microbial species that are usually found in healthy gastrointestinal and respiratory tracts, their dysbiosis in disease and interactions with the gut-lung axis. Although the gut-lung axis is only beginning to be understood, emerging evidence indicates that there is potential for manipulation of the gut microbiota in the treatment of lung diseases.
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